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cord-307546-g2oztc8j	Brewer, Nikki	Sonographer safety issues during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-05-19		.txt	text/plain	836	46	46	While overall echocardiography volume has decreased, driven by health system-wide mandates to control the pandemic, the need for timely performance of high-quality echocardiography, particularly for critically ill patients when indicated, remains great. PPE, including N95 masks and powered air purifying respirators (PAPR) hoods, are strictly worn by sonographers performing transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection. As recently announced by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography in an open letter, we believe an adequate supply of PPE is critical to minimize the risk of transmission among both sonographers and patients [6] . In the midst of this change, a number of sonographers became exposed to COVID-19 through scanning patients whose infection status was unknown or negative at the time of the study but subsequently became positive. During this pandemic, taking steps to reduce the risk of infection among sonographers and patients is of utmost importance.	./cache/cord-307546-g2oztc8j.txt	./txt/cord-307546-g2oztc8j.txt