Year 2021 / Volume 113 / Number 2
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Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.7647/2020

Isabel Peña-Rey, Raquel Almazán, Elena Rodríguez-Camacho, Joaquín Cubiella,

Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs had to be suspended. Modifications were made to the organization in order to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We report the experience of the Galician CRC screening program and patient safety results. Endoscopy was suspended between 13/03/2020 and 11/05/2020. After resumption, a total of 3,310 colonoscopies were performed (1,702 positive fecal occult blood tests and 1,608 endoscopy monitoring) and no SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in the subsequent two weeks. Thus, resumption of activity associated with population screening was safe.
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Peña-Rey I, Almazán R, Rodríguez-Camacho E, Cubiella J. Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results. 7647/2020


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Publication history

Received: 11/11/2020

Accepted: 18/12/2020

Online First: 04/01/2021

Published: 08/02/2021

Article revision time: 30 days

Article Online First time: 54 days

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