TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety at the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
T2 - How to keep our oncology patients and healthcare workers safe
AU - Cinar, Pelin
AU - Kubal, Timothy
AU - Freifeld, Alison
AU - Mishra, Asmita
AU - Shulman, Lawrence
AU - Bachman, James
AU - Fonseca, Rafael
AU - Uronis, Hope
AU - Klemanski, Dori
AU - Slusser, Kim
AU - Lunning, Matthew
AU - Liu, Catherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was first detected as a respiratory illness in December 2019 in Wuhan City, China. Since then, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted every aspect of our lives worldwide. In a time when terms such as social distancing and flattening the curve have become a part of our vernacular, it is essential that we understand what measures can be implemented to protect our patients and healthcare workers. Undoubtedly, healthcare providers have had to rapidly alter care delivery models while simultaneously acknowledging the crucial unknowns of how these changes may affect clinical outcomes. This special feature reviews strategies on how to mitigate transmission of COVID-19 in an effort to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the disease for patients with cancer without infection, for patients with cancer with COVID-19 infection, and for the healthcare workers caring for them, while continuing to provide the best possible cancer care. [Editor’s Note: This article includes the most current information available at time of publication; however, recommendations regarding public safety and practice may change rapidly in this situation. Individuals should get the most up to date information from the CDC website.]
AB - The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was first detected as a respiratory illness in December 2019 in Wuhan City, China. Since then, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted every aspect of our lives worldwide. In a time when terms such as social distancing and flattening the curve have become a part of our vernacular, it is essential that we understand what measures can be implemented to protect our patients and healthcare workers. Undoubtedly, healthcare providers have had to rapidly alter care delivery models while simultaneously acknowledging the crucial unknowns of how these changes may affect clinical outcomes. This special feature reviews strategies on how to mitigate transmission of COVID-19 in an effort to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the disease for patients with cancer without infection, for patients with cancer with COVID-19 infection, and for the healthcare workers caring for them, while continuing to provide the best possible cancer care. [Editor’s Note: This article includes the most current information available at time of publication; however, recommendations regarding public safety and practice may change rapidly in this situation. Individuals should get the most up to date information from the CDC website.]
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U2 - 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7572
DO - 10.6004/jnccn.2020.7572
M3 - Article
C2 - 32294617
AN - SCOPUS:85083865812
SN - 1540-1405
VL - 18
SP - 504
EP - 509
JO - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
JF - JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
IS - 5
ER -