TY - JOUR T1 - Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: position statements of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE-COVID statements) JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 991 LP - 996 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-321185 VL - 69 IS - 6 AU - Philip Wai Yan Chiu AU - Siew C Ng AU - Haruhiro Inoue AU - D Nageshwar Reddy AU - Enqiang Ling Hu AU - Joo Young Cho AU - Lawrence KY Ho AU - David G Hewett AU - Han-Mo Chiu AU - Rungsun Rerknimitr AU - Hsiu-Po Wang AU - Shiaw Hooi Ho AU - Dong Wan Seo AU - Khean-Lee Goh AU - Hisao Tajiri AU - Seigo Kitano AU - Francis K L Chan Y1 - 2020/06/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/69/6/991.abstract N2 - Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global pandemic. Risk of transmission may occur during endoscopy and the goal is to prevent infection among healthcare professionals while providing essential services to patients. Asia was the first continent to have a COVID-19 outbreak, and this position statement of the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy shares our successful experience in maintaining safe and high-quality endoscopy practice at a time when resources are limited. Sixteen experts from key societies of digestive endoscopy in Asia were invited to develop position statements, including patient triage and risk assessment before endoscopy, resource prioritisation and allocation, regular monitoring of personal protective equipment, infection control measures, protective device training and implementation of a strategy for stepwise resumption of endoscopy services after control of the COVID-19 outbreak. ER -