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. 2020 May 2;28(6):1712–1719. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06033-1

Table 2.

Participant’s statements on what specific effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their outpatient clinic

Question Answer choices Responses (%)
What specific effect has the COVID-19 pandemic had on your outpatient clinic? Only patients with acute orthopaedic symptoms (fracture, infection, tumour e.g. bone sarcoma) are allowed at our outpatient clinic 47.2
ALL patients are screened for symptoms (e.g. having body temperature taken, answering questionnaire) before clinical examination 27.7
Patients with positive symptoms/positive screening questions are being tested for SARS-CoV-2 15.5
Other (please specify) 4.8
No changes at our outpatient clinic 3.0
ALL patients are being tested for SARS-CoV-2 prior to orthopaedic clinical examination 18