Endoscopy Units and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak: A Multicenter Experience From Italy

Alessandro Repici; Fabio Pace; Roberto Gabbiadini; Matteo Colombo; Cesare Hassan; Marco Dinelli; ITALIAN GI-COVID19 Working Group

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.003

Endoscopy Units and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak: A Multicenter Experience From Italy

Gastroenterology. 2020 Jul;159(1):363-366.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Authors

Alessandro Repici¹, Fabio Pace², Roberto Gabbiadini³, Matteo Colombo³, Cesare Hassan⁴, Marco Dinelli⁵; ITALIAN GI-COVID19 Working Group

Collaborators

ITALIAN GI-COVID19 Working Group:
Roberta Maselli⁶, Marco Spadaccini⁷, Massimiliano Mutignani⁸, Armando Gabbrielli⁹, Clementina Signorelli¹⁰, Cristiano Spada¹¹, Piera Leoni¹², Carlo Fabbri¹³, Sergio Segato¹⁴, Nicola Gaffuri¹⁵, Benedetto Mangiavillano¹⁶, Franco Radaelli¹⁷, Raffaele Salerno¹⁸, Stefano Bargiggia¹⁹, Luca Maroni²⁰, Antonio Benedetti²⁰, Pietro Occhipinti²¹, Federico De Grazia²², Luca Ferraris²³, Gianpaolo Cengia²⁴, Salvatore Greco²⁵, Costanza Alvisi²⁶, Antonella Scarcelli²⁷, Luca De Luca²⁷, Fabrizio Cereatti²⁸, Pier Alberto Testoni²⁹, Roberto Mingotto³⁰, Giovanni Aragona³¹, Gianpiero Manes³², Paolo Beretta³³, Georgios Amvrosiadis³⁴, Vincenzo Cennamo³⁵, Fausto Lella³⁶, Guido Missale³⁷, Pavlos Lagoussis³⁸, Omero Triossi³⁹, Mauro Giovanardi⁴⁰, Giuseppe De Roberto⁴¹, Paolo Cantù⁴², Elisabetta Buscarini⁴³, Andrea Anderloni⁶, Silvia Carrara⁶, Alessandro Fugazza⁶, Piera Alessia Galtieri⁶, Gaia Pellegatta⁶, Giulio Antonelli⁴⁴, Thomas Rösch⁴⁵, Prateek Sharma⁴⁶

Affiliations

¹ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.repici@hunimed.eu.
² Bolognini Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Seriate, Bergamo, Italy.
³ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Digestive Endoscopy, Rome, Italy.
⁵ San Gerardo Hospital Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Monza, Endoscopy Unit, Monza, Monza-Brianza, Italy.
⁶ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano (Milan). Italy.
⁷ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Rozzano (Milan). Italy; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rozzano (Milan). Italy.
⁸ Niguarda-Ca' Granda Hospital, Digestive and Operative Endoscopy Unit, Milan. Italy.
⁹ The Pancreas Institute, University Hospital of Verona, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Verona. Italy.
¹⁰ ASST Bergamo Ovest, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Bergamo. Italy.
¹¹ Fondazione Poliambulanza, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Brescia. Italy.
¹² AO Lodi, Gastroenterology & Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Lodi. Italy.
¹³ AUSL Bologna Bellaria-Maggiore Hospital, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Bologna. Italy.
¹⁴ ASST Dei Sette Laghi, Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Unit, Varese. Italy.
¹⁵ Humanitas Gavazzeni, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Bergamo. Italy.
¹⁶ Humanitas Mater Domini, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Castellanza (Milan). Italy.
¹⁷ Valduce Hospital, Gastroenterology Unit, Como. Italy.
¹⁸ Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, ASST Milan. Italy.
¹⁹ Clinica San Carlo, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Paderno Dugnano (Milan). Italy.
²⁰ Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ancona. Italy.
²¹ Department of Gastroenterology, "Maggiore Della Carità" Hospital, Novara. Italy.
²² Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, First Department of Internal Medicine, Pavia. Italy.
²³ ASST Valleolona PO, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Gallarate (Varese). Italy.
²⁴ Ospedale di Manerbio, Endoscopy Unit, Brescia. Italy.
²⁵ Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Units, Bergamo. Italy.
²⁶ ASST Pavia, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Pavia. Italy.
²⁷ Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Units, Pesaro (Pesaro-Urbino). Italy.
²⁸ Cremona Hospital, Digestive Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Unit, Cremona. Italy.
²⁹ Vita Salute San Raffaele University, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Milan. Italy.
³⁰ ASST Melegnano-Martesana, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Melegnano (Milan). Italy.
³¹ "Guglielmo da Saliceto" Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit Piacenza. Italy.
³² ASST Rhodense, Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Garbagnate Milanese (Milan). Italy.
³³ Città Studi, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Milan. Italy.
³⁴ Policlinico San Marco, Department of Gastroenterology, Zingonia (Bergamo). Italy.
³⁵ Bellaria-Maggiore Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, Bologna. Italy.
³⁶ Policlinico San Pietro, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Bergamo. Italy.
³⁷ ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia University, Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Brescia. Italy.
³⁸ IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Digestive Endoscopy, San Donato Milanese (Milan). Italy.
³⁹ AUSL Romagna, Gastroenterology Unit, Ravenna. Italy.
⁴⁰ Ospedale di Rimini, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Rimini. Italy.
⁴¹ Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Division of Endoscopy, European Milan. Italy.
⁴² Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Milan. Italy.
⁴³ Maggiore Hospital, Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Crema (Cremona). Italy.
⁴⁴ Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Digestive Endoscopy, Rome. Italy.
⁴⁵ University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴⁶ University of Kansas Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kansas, Missouri, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Endoscopy; Pandemic; Survery.

Publication types

Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Critical Pathways / organization & administration
Critical Pathways / standards
Endoscopy, Digestive System / standards*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Humans
Infection Control / instrumentation
Infection Control / organization & administration
Infection Control / standards*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / prevention & control
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personal Protective Equipment / standards
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2