Table 3.
Direct Patient Care–Related Questions.
| Questions | # of Respondents |
|---|---|
| Are you providing care through telemedicine? | |
| Zoom videoconference | 40 |
| FaceTime/Google Chat | 18 |
| Through my EHR | 6 |
| Doxy.me | 1 |
| Skype | 10 |
| Telephone (including apps, eg, WhatsApp) | 72 |
| What surgeries are still being performed at your site of care? | |
| No surgery is being performed | 14 |
| “Elective” primary TJA | 12 |
| First-stage explants for PJI | 35 |
| Second-stage reimplantations for PJI | 14 |
| Aseptic TJA revisions | 8 |
| Massively failed TJA (collapse, dislocation, component failure with imminent dislocation) | 43 |
| Periprosthetic fracture | 83 |
| If a patient undergoes urgent or semi-urgent surgical intervention: the following testing is completed | |
| No testing | 32 |
| Preoperative PCR testing is performed | 36 |
| Chest CT scan is performed | 12 |
| Does not apply | 17 |
| For patients undergoing general anesthetic, the hospital is following recommended guidelines of: other than anesthesia personnel no other personnel are allowed in the OR for 21 min after intubation and 21 min after extubation to prevent spread of virus | |
| Yes | 42 |
| No | 27 |
| Does not apply | 30 |
| During the orthopedic operative procedure, I use an N-95 respirator mask | |
| Only if known COVID-19-positive patient | 35 |
| All surgical procedures | 32 |
| I don't use an N-95 mask, I use a standard mask | 31 |
| During inpatient rounds on the wards, I use an N-95 respirator mask | |
| I use an N-95 respirator mask on when rounding on COVID-19-positive patients. | 23 |
| I use an N-95 mask during all rounding. | 18 |
| I don't use any mask when rounding. | 5 |
| I only use a standard mask when rounding. | 53 |
EHR, electronic health record; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; TJA, total joint arthroplasty; PJI, periprosthetic joint infection; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; CT, computed tomography; OR, operating room.