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Surgery in a Time of UncertaintyA Need for Universal Respiratory Precautions in the Operating Room

Educational Objective
To understand the recommendation for precautions needed to reopen operating rooms
1 Credit CME

Much has been learned about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the past 4 months, but still much remains unknown. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is well characterized but how widely it has spread throughout the population is not known, nor is it known why some individuals who are infected with the virus do not develop symptoms, whereas other individuals develop serious COVID-19 disease with a high mortality rate. COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the world, bringing normal activities and the economy to a near halt.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Edward H. Livingston, MD, JAMA, 330 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 (edward.livingston@jamanetwork.org).

Published Online: May 7, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.7903

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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