FIGURE 4.

Effect of the SARS‐Cov‐2 PCR testing policy on the number of colonoscopies and diagnosis of CRC. (A) Percentage reduction in colonoscopies and CRC cases diagnosed during the pandemic post‐lockdown period compared to the prepandemic period in centers applying or not applying universal pre‐procedural SARS‐CoV‐2 PCR testing. (B) Total number of colonoscopies in individual centers with universal pre‐procedural PCR (dotted lines) or without universal pre‐procedural PCR (continuous lines). (C) Number of CRC cases diagnosed in individual centers with universal pre‐procedural PCR (dotted lines) or without universal pre‐procedural PCR (continuous lines).