Table 2 Influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on the surgical team
From: Emergency general surgery in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak: first survey from the real life
Number | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Strategy facing the emergency | Shared with hospital management | 34 | 47.8 |
Independently settled by dept. chair | 6 | 8.4 | |
Imposed by the hospital management | 31 | 43.6 | |
Number of surgeons | Increased | 1 | 1.4 |
Reduced | 16 | 22.5 | |
Unchanged | 54 | 76.1 | |
Surgeons allocated to other departments | Yes | 33 | 46.5 |
No | 38 | 53.5 | |
Change in the work plan (forced vacations) | Yes | 49 | 69.0 |
No | 22 | 30.9 | |
Team surgeon infected by SARS-Cov2 | Yes | 20 | 28.2 |
No | 51 | 71.9 | |
Team surgeon on quarantine | Yes | 24 | 33.8 |
No | 47 | 66.2 |