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cord-278937-lkuuftno	Beydon, N.	Lung function testing during a pandemic: an international perspective	2020-10-11		.txt	text/plain	1872	105	47	This review aims to summarize different practices of PFT laboratory management in different countries, including patient appointments, personal protective equipment, testing room requirements and telemedicine during and immediately following the COVID pandemic. Considering that there is a possibility of disease transmission to the patients and staff from asymptomatic carriers, precautions for pulmonary function testing (PFT) laboratories have been controversial (5) . These include postponing testing in non-urgent cases, personal protective equipment (PPE) for the respiratory technicians and PFT lab room characteristics such as negative pressure and adequate ventilation, HEPA filters, extensive hygiene measures and social distancing (6) (7) (8) (9) . At some centers, a negative COVID test is required within 72 hours before performing PFTs. Patients and visitors are expected to have a face mask/covering to enter the hospital. Testing personnel: Respiratory therapists or nurses performing all types of pulmonary function testing are screened daily for COVID symptoms by questionnaires and by temperature measurement in many centers.	./cache/cord-278937-lkuuftno.txt	./txt/cord-278937-lkuuftno.txt