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Making the Operating Rooms Safe During COVID-19
UAB Med Cast
English - May 19, 2020 14:00 - 15.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHealth & Fitness uab medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: COVID-19: Anesthesia Best Practices
Herbert Chen, MD discusses what UAB is doing to make operating rooms safe during COVID-19. He tells us the current recommendations regarding CMS adult elective surgery and procedures, PPE initiatives and how they are assessing the risk of aerosol spread during intubation. He shares how they are minimizing exposure during intubation and how the dedicated PACU Spots ORs and pathways are determined.