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. 2020 Apr 24;35(7):S89–S94. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.053

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.