ACS have created a Surgeon Toolkit for discussions with patients in order to facilitate surgeons' activity.

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ACS has created a Surgeon Toolkit for discussions with patients in order to facilitate surgeons' activity.

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As hospitals are preparing for the resumption of elective surgery, research shows that patients have many questions and specific uncertainties about the safety of undergoing elective operations in hospitals, regardless of whether COVID-19 patients are being concurrently treated in the same facility.

Patients are increasingly requesting information about their facility's readiness for safely performing surgery, and they trust their surgeon to deliver...

Joint Statement: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 PandemicAmerican College of Surgeons American Society of Anesthesiologists Association of periOperative Registered Nurses American Hospital Association
Introduction In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Surgeon General and many medical specialties such as the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Anesthesiologists recomme...

In order to focus local resources on managing the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, “elective” surgery has been largely postponed and stopped. As the COVID-19 rates have already reached their peaks, or will do so over the next week or two (depending on location), the current focus for an increasing number of facilities is toward “ramping up” to prepare for elective operations.

The current document offers a set of principles and issues to help local facilities plan for resumption...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Surgeon General and many medical specialties such as the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Anesthesiologists recommended interim cancelation of elective surgical procedures. Physicians and health care organizations have responded appropriately and canceled non-essential cases across the country. When the first wave of this pandemic is behind us, the pent-up patient d...

Developed by the leaders within the ACS Cancer Programs (American Joint Committee on Cancer, AJCC, Clinical Research Program [CRP], Commission on Cancer [COC], National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer [NAPBC], National Accreditation for Rectal Cancer [NAPRC], and the Quality Integration Committee [QIC]). Collaborations and input from specialty societies acknowledged where appropriate in the disease sections.

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) provides the following guidance for trauma medical directors. The intent of this document is to advise trauma medical directors and trauma program managers on factors to consider as the public health and health care sectors prepare for an anticipated surge of critically ill patients related to COVID-19 infection. 
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In light of the challenges faced at this time by the surge of COVID-19 patients in New York City and likely to follow in many other U.S. cities, we call for strategies to preserve capacity and capability to care for these patients. To that end American College of Surgeons (ACS) have outlined the following series of recommendations for hospital and health care system leaders to consider when facing this challenge. 

For your safety, and to ensure that resources, hospital beds, and equipment are available to patients critically ill with COVID-19, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that non-emergency procedures be delayed. Here, you can find a list of statements that the ACS published about how to manage this situation and how to deal with all the surgeries already scheduled for patients before the Covid-19 Pandemic. 

In response to the rapidly evolving challenges faced by hospitals related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, and broad calls to curtail “elective” surgical procedures, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) provides the following guidance on the management of non-emergent operations.
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Developed by the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists, and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

The COVID-19 crisis is requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers throughout the country to defer nonessential surgery to preserve personal protective equipment (PPE), protect the safety of health care professionals, and allocate potentially scarce resources for the care of the COVID-19 patient. In the past week, the American College of S...