Royal College of Surgeons: Checklist for restarting elective surgical services

Summary

Hospitals are currently planning to resume or expand surgical services that were cancelled during the recent COVID-19 crisis. While emergency surgery will need to continue to be performed within current restrictions, other operations might now be feasible as resources become available.

The following checklist from the Royal College of Surgeons of England introduces some of the main criteria that should be taken into account in the initial stages of resuming planned surgery.

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