id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-340857-teq5txm9 Galloro, Giuseppe SAFETY IN DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES IN THE COVID ERA RECOMMENDATIONS IN PROGRES OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY 2020-05-13 .txt text/plain 3414 177 49 Based on the most recent scientific literature and strong statements by the most prestigious international health institutions, the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy has drawn up some recommendations about the use of personal protective equipment, the correct way of dressing and undressing of endoscopists and nurses, before and after digestive endoscopy procedures. In addition the CDC and some other Authors detected the virus in the feces of CoViD-19 positive patients (in up to 54% of the cases), suggesting a potential fecal-oral transmission (31, 32) . A recent ad-interim guidance, about the preventive measures of infection control (shown in table 3 ) and about the right use of appropriate PPE for healthcare workers performing endoscopy on subjects with CoViD-19, has been published by the WHO (45) . Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China. ./cache/cord-340857-teq5txm9.txt ./txt/cord-340857-teq5txm9.txt