id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-272190-boo25au0 Borrelli, Enrico Taking the right measures to control COVID-19 in ophthalmology: the experience of a tertiary eye care referral center in Italy 2020-04-14 .txt text/plain 726 43 51 title: Taking the right measures to control COVID-19 in ophthalmology: the experience of a tertiary eye care referral center in Italy To date, more than 7500 health workers have been affected by COVID-19 in Italy, and among them more than 50 medical doctors have died from this infection. In order to achieve continuity of care and to diminish the risk of contamination for both healthcare workers and patients, we adopted a series of measures. First, patients were screened by telephone for: (i) complaints of fever or upper respiratory symptoms; (ii) domicile in one of the hot zones; (iii) contact with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. Otherwise, patients were asked to attend the visit with no more than one accompanying person in order to reduce the risk of exposure of uninfected people to potential subjects with COVID-19 disease. In order to reduce gathering of people, patients in outpatient departments were asked to come into the visiting room without accompanying person. ./cache/cord-272190-boo25au0.txt ./txt/cord-272190-boo25au0.txt