Early experience with universal preoperative and pre-procedural screening for COVID-19 in low-risk pediatric surgical pa

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Early experience with universal preoperative and pre‑procedural screening for COVID‑19 in low‑risk pediatric surgical patients requiring general anesthesia Cornilia K. S. Sii1 · Joo Ann Lee1 · Shireen Anne Nah1  Accepted: 6 October 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Purpose  The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on healthcare services worldwide. Some have reported increased viral transmission to healthcare workers during aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation. We report our experience with universal preoperative and preprocedural screening for COVID-19 in children requiring general anaesthesia with low risk of having the infection. Methods  This was a data review involving children aged