Table 2.

Recommendations for departments organization and procedures for patients, visitors and staff.

Patients and visitors	Patients visits	Staff	Departments organization	Treatments scheduling	References
Minimal presence at hospital	Telemedicine and phone calls		Dedicated areas in oncology and radiotherapy departments	Switch IV treatment to oral drugs when possible	You B et al. [1]
Management at home encouraged			Open space out patients centres	Prioritization according to life expectancy, age, line therapy number
Separation measures				Temporary breaks for slowly evolving metastases
Minimise hospital visits and elective Admissions				Consider delaying surgical procedure	Al Shamsi et al. [2].
Consider surveillance for early stage cancer				Consider postponing adjuvant CT and RT but hold any active therapy
				For all patients on active anti-cancer therapy remain vigilant for COVID-19 symptoms
To manage currently infected patients Schedule outpatients based on priority criteria	In-house isolation or quarantine of suspected cases to keep hospital admissions manageable	N95 mask fitting	Clear delineation of job responsibilities	Integrate all best-practice approaches into work processes to prevent further transmission
Isolate patients with suspected infection until they are cleared		Prompt identification of suspected infection among staff and application of appropriate isolation
Patients and visitors screening before appointments	Limitation of visitors in departments	Staff temperature screening every day Staff rotation schedules	Separate Entrance/exit	Maintain therapy schedule according to the benefit risk and availability of means for locally advanced and high-risk, patients and those already started their therapy.	Applicability in LMICs
Specific plan for COVID-19 suspected or positive	Should be limited	Staff COVID-19 + out of planning and self isolation 14 days	Space with limited patients in waiting room	Deep remission (3–6 months) stopping therapy is an option
Separate cancer patients from other patients			Treatment of COVID-19+ patients outside of cancer center or dedicated area

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.