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cord-292987-e481oa2i	Repici, Alessandro	Endoscopy units and the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Multi-Center Experience from Italy	2020-04-10		.txt	text/plain	1129	65	48	The aim of this survey was to investigate the burden of COVID-19 on endoscopic activity in a highrisk area of COVID-19 outbreak, approaches to evaluating patients, adoption and compliance of HCP with protective measures, and initial possible viral transmission outcomes from endoscopy units within a large, community-based setting (both between patients and healthcare personnel and between healthcare personnel). Most routine procedures have been cancelled or postponed, limiting endoscopy to urgent cases; we outline here the variability of approaches taken in different centers. In addition, all endoscopy units are in hospitals with at least one case of COVID-19, and in more than half of the Departments, procedures were performed in infected/high-risk patients. Most endoscopy units limited their activity to urgent cases, including also patients at high-risk of cancer, such as FIT+. The second relevant result of our survey is the fact that at least one in every 2 endoscopy units is directly involved in emergent or urgent procedures in COVID-19 cases.	./cache/cord-292987-e481oa2i.txt	./txt/cord-292987-e481oa2i.txt