Successful management plan of COVID-19 in a pediatric hemato-oncology department: a single-centre experience

• Main Authors: Giuseppe Menna (Author), Pio Stellato (Author), Annalisa Granata (Author), Antonia De Matteo (Author), Carlo Capelli (Author), Matteo Paparo (Author), Rosanna Parasole (Author), Immacolata Ricciardi (Author), Francesco Paolo Tambaro (Author), Ornella Leone (Author), Lucia Quaglietta (Author), Nicola Silvestri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

COVID-19 pandemic raised concern about management of patients with paediatric cancer. We present the operating system that the Hemato-Oncology Department of the Santobono-Pausilipon Hospital applied. We divided our department in three zones: surveillance and screening; quarantine and COVID free, in order to screen admitted patients and to reduce the risk of cross infection. From 3 April until 29 May 2020 (56 days), 662 patients and caregivers underwent rapid serological tests for a total of 1397 assays. No patient or parent with SARS-CoV2 infection was found, demonstrating the effectiveness of COVID-19 screening process.

Item Description

10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000818
2399-9772