Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience
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-t...
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
2020-11-01
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| author | 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 |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f14fbc7388404da0b9d598b661e410502022-12-21T21:10:22ZengAmerican Society of Clinical OncologyJCO Global Oncology2687-89412020-11-01651852410.1200/GO.20.00063Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia ExperienceAbdul-Rahman Jazieh0Abdulrahman Al Hadab1Ashwaq Al Olayan2Ayman AlHejazi3Faisal Al Safi4Abullah Al Qarni5Faisal Farooqui6Nashmia Al Mutairi7Thamer H. Alenazi8Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaInfection Disease Division, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOutbreaks 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.https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.20.00063 |
| spellingShingle | 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 Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience JCO Global Oncology |
| title | Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience |
| title_full | Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience |
| title_fullStr | Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience |
| title_short | Managing Oncology Services During a Major Coronavirus Outbreak: Lessons From the Saudi Arabia Experience |
| title_sort | managing oncology services during a major coronavirus outbreak lessons from the saudi arabia experience |
| url | https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.20.00063 |
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