key: cord-1043687-q0bfn5ph
authors: Wahi, Sudhir; Thomas, Liza; Stanton, Tony; Taylor, Andrew; Mahadevan, Devan; Evans, Geoffrey; Playford, David; To, Andrew; Davis, Mark; Anderson, Bonita; Buckley, Belinda
title: CSANZ Imaging Council Position Statement on Echocardiography Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
date: 2020-05-06
journal: Heart Lung Circ
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.04.003
sha: 21ff81653940965ed5f3f2270a62f3d5a084a231
doc_id: 1043687
cord_uid: q0bfn5ph

This Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Imaging Council Position Statement aims to guide local, regional and national clinical practice, and facilitate resource and echocardiographic service planning appropriately during the current COVID-19 global pandemic. General considerations include workforce arrangements and contingency plans, patient risk assessment for COVID-19 and level of care (personal protective equipment) for staff. Both outpatient and inpatient settings are addressed, including specific considerations in the in-patient setting including scanning protocols, screening modalities and indications for echocardiograms in the context of COVID-19 infection.

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