Safety in digestive endoscopy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2021 Feb;113(2):149. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.7748/2020.

Abstract

We read with interest the study by Hernández-Camba et al. about the low value of antibody testing for COVID-19 before endoscopic procedures and we would like to make some comments. Nine months after the first state of alarm was declared in Spain due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we knew that infections in endoscopy staff were scarce if adequate protection was worn and non-urgent procedures were postponed in patients with an active infection. Therefore, the conclusions of the study currently appear to be self-evident. However, things were different at the time it was performed.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Testing
  • COVID-19*
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Spain / epidemiology