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Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience

2020; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1200/go.20.00063

2687-8941

Abdul Rahman Jazieh, Abdulrahman Al Hadab, Ashwaq Al Olayan, Ayman Alhejazi, Faisal Al Safi, Abullah Al Qarni, Faisal Farooqui, Nashmia Al Mutairi, Thamer H. Alenazi,

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Outbreaks of infectious etiology, particularly those caused by a novel virus that has no known treatment or vaccine, may result in the interruption of medical care provided to patients with cancer and put them at risk for undertreatment in addition to the risk of being exposed to infection, a life-threatening event among patients with cancer. This article describes the approach used to manage patients with cancer during a large-scale Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus hospital outbreak in Saudi Arabia to ensure continuity of care and minimize harm from treatment interruption or acquiring infection. The approach taken toward managing this high-risk situation (COVID-19) could be easily adopted by health care organizations and would be helpful to ensure readiness for the occurrence of future outbreaks of different infectious etiologies like those recent episodes of new coronavirus.