id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-304573-3nhglbw4 Bola, Sumrit COVID-19 and the return to head and neck outpatient activity in the United Kingdom: what is the new normal? 2020-11-06 .txt text/plain 3400 179 53 The survey was open on a web-based platform and covered topics including safety measures for patients, protective equipment for healthcare staff and protocols for the use of flexible nasendoscopy in the clinic. 1 Personal protective equipment used in clinic (PPE) 2 Number of patients booked into a clinic 3 Patient screening prior to the clinic appointment 4 Risk assessment and protocols for flexible nasendoscopy 5 Outpatient room ventilation and room air changes per hour (ACPH) 6 Downtime associated with an Aerosol-Generating Procedure (AGP). Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients that otolaryngologists had booked into a 4-h outpatient clinic ranged from 6 to 15 for a single clinic and 14-20 for a joint head and neck cancer (HNC) follow-up clinic, with the majority of clinicians seeing 12 patients (mean = 12.8, standard deviation = 2.5). ./cache/cord-304573-3nhglbw4.txt ./txt/cord-304573-3nhglbw4.txt