Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic meant that the population-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs had to be suspended. Modifications were made to the organization in order to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission. We report the experience of the Galician CRC screening program and patient safety results. Endoscopy was suspended between 13/03/2020 and 11/05/2020. After resumption, a total of 3,310 colonoscopies were performed (1,702 positive fecal occult blood tests and 1,608 endoscopy monitoring) and no SARS-CoV-2 infections were detected in the subsequent two weeks. Thus, resumption of activity associated with population screening was safe.
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Peña-Rey, I., Almazán, R., Rodríguez-Camacho, E., & Cubiella, J. (2021). Resumption of endoscopy in the Galician colorectal cancer screening programme after the COVID-19 lock down: patient safety results. Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas : Organo Oficial de La Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva, 113(2), 119–121. https://doi.org/10.17235/reed.2020.7647/2020
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