Abstract
1/2020
vol. 122
Guidelines/recommendations
Guidelines of the Polish Ophthalmological Society on how to deal with ophthalmic patients during the COVID-19 epidemic
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Warsaw, SPKSO Ophthalmic University Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Chair of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Heliodor Swiecicki University Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
- Clinic of Infectious Diseases in Adults, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology with Strabismus Treatment Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
- Chair and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Dentistry Division in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Poland
- Department of Ophthalmology, District Railway Hospital in Katowice, Poland
- Department of Ophthalmology with Pediatric Unit, St Barbara 5th Regional Hospital in Sosnowiec, Poland
- Ophthalmology Department, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Sense Organ Research, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
- Department of Retina and Vitreous Humour Surgery, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
- Independent Public Teaching Hospital No. 1 in Lublin, Poland
- Department and Clinic of Ophthalmology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Department of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology, University Hospital in Krakow, Poland
KLINIKA OCZNA 2020, 122, 1: 11–13
Online publish date: 2020/04/10
SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). In March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a coronavirus pandemic. Individuals employed at ophthalmic departments and clinics are especially exposed to transmission of the virus due to the specific nature of an ophthalmic examination. The Polish Ophthalmological Society presents Guidelines that recommend implementation of an appropriate level of safety measures in ophthalmic care provided to patients.
Keywords
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, ophthalmological examination
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