Table 8.

Case completion

Following completion of the operative case, patients should recover in the COVID-19 operating room until able to be transported directly to the appropriate unit outside of the operating room

Masks and disposable PPE should be removed, at case end, in accordance with standard doffing technique, witnessed in “buddy system” to facilitate removal, and disposed of in a lidded garbage can adjacent to the exit door of the operating room

Hand washing should occur immediately following doffing for all staff

Transporting OR staff are to maintain current mask but change gown and gloves for transport

Post-operative documentation should be performed outside of the Operating Room when possible

Peer-to-peer sign out will be conducted and the patient will return to the isolation ward or COVID-19 ICU

Following transport from the OR, mask should be disposed, and a new mask must be available for use

The surgical team should change OR scrubs immediately following the case

OR to ICU hand-off should proceed in accordance with the following:

Patients previously on medicine service should have postoperative care provided by the surgical teams in collaboration with primary team if necessary

Prioritize, as much as possible, admission to surgical service post-operatively

Continue isolation efforts during the post-operative period