Enhancing the utility of virtual surgical pre-assessment
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Goonasekera, Chulananda
Gammon, Nicola
Found, Phil
Sheikh, Asme
Fleming, Ian
Amoako, Derek
Nanavati, Nilesh
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2021
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual pre-assessment was introduced for all elective and semi-urgent surgeries to maintain surgical clinical services in the authors' Trust. This mainly involved telephone pre-assessments, although occasionally video technology was used. This had to be managed and maintained at a distance with little or no training or established method. This article includes experiences of staff involved in a single tertiary centre, an assessment of the pros and cons of virtual pre-assessment and concludes with a set of recommendations to enhance the utility of the service for the future.
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British Journal of Nursing
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30
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17