ISUOG Safety Committee Position Statement on use of personal protective equipment and hazard mitigation in relation to SARS-CoV-2 for practitioners undertaking obstetric and gynecological ultrasound.

Endorsed by the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM), the British Medical Ultrasound Society(BMUS), the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), Sociedad Española de Ginecología y Obstetricia (SEGO) and Società Italiana di Ecografia Ostetrica e Ginecologica e Metodologie Biofisiche (SIEOG). Nonetheless, the rapid spread of the disease across countries and continents, as well as the evidence of existence of asymptomatic carriers[16], has led to circumstances in which all patients are to be considered at risk of infection and hence potential carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. When managing patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, or if there is widespr... To avoid infection through respiratory droplets, practitioners should don appropriate PPE, including a surgical mask, upon entering the ultrasound room. Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory infections in health care. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/112656/9789241507134 eng.pdf;jsessionid=403613D204AC57EDB11B41001DED8149?sequence=1 9 COVID-19 Guidance for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment data/file/874316/Infection prevention and control guidance for pandemic coronavirus.pdf 10 Istituto Superiore di Sanità. [Extracted from the article]