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. 2020 Jun 23;35(8):1871–1874. doi: 10.1007/s10103-020-03043-w

Table 2.

Recommendation of administrative measures for staff

General management

- Traveling outside the country should be prohibited.

- Staff who have recent travel history must undergo a 14-day self-quarantine.

- Temperature checks must be done and recorded twice daily.

- Dividing the staff into two working groups with different work shifts (skeletal workforce).

- Face masks must be worn during all patient contact points.

- Frequent hand-cleaning with an ABHR* or soap and water.

Intraoperative measures

- Machine surfaces and dermatology beds must be covered with a plastic wrap.

- The following PPE must be worn at all times:

  - Gloves to protect the hands (and properly discarded after each patient contact),

  - Long gowns/aprons to protect skin and/or clothing,

  - N95 or FFR2 to protect the mouth and nasal orifices,

  - Goggles for eye protection,

  - Face shields,

- Smoke evacuators must be used to capture the plumes when doing laser and EBD procedures,

- Covering the mouth and nose of a patient with a facemask during laser and EBD.

Postoperative measures

- All contaminated PPE must be properly removed, cleaned, or disposed.

- Hand hygiene must be performed after the removal of gloves.

*ABHR, alcohol-based handrub; PPE, personal protective equipment; FFR2, class 2 filtering face-piece respirators