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cord-311162-kbqh7beq	Behzad, Catherine	Establishing Safe Out-of-Hospital Infusion Centers May Improve the Quality of Care in Patients With IBD During the COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-09-09		.txt	text/plain	491	33	55	title: Establishing Safe Out-of-Hospital Infusion Centers May Improve the Quality of Care in Patients With IBD During the COVID-19 Pandemic We read with great interest the article by Occhipinti and Pastorelli 1 about the challenges in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, 2 medical wards were maintained COVID-19-free to provide care for patients with urgent situations and essential services. In addition, we gave special consideration to patients with IBD who were on immunosuppressive therapy and decided to continue biologic infusions in the hospital's COVID-19-free wards. In our experience, 92% of the patients whose scheduled biologic infusion dates were during the peak of the outbreak in early February through March refused to come to the hospital to receive their infusions. Challenges in the care of IBD patients during the CoViD-19 pandemic: report from a "Red Zone" area in Northern Italy	./cache/cord-311162-kbqh7beq.txt	./txt/cord-311162-kbqh7beq.txt