Engelman, DanielArora, Rakesh C.2022-08-232022-08-232020-04-132020-05-26<p>Engelman DT, Arora RC. Commentary: Rethinking surgical protocols in the COVID-19 era. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Apr 13:S0022-5223(20)30910-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32448690; PMCID: PMC7153524. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.015">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>0022-5223 (Linking)10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.01532448690https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27580In the current era of the SARS-CoV-2 (ie, COVID-19) pandemic, routine preoperative nasal swabbing for identification of Staph carriers in our patient population should be reconsidered.en-USCOVID-19surgeryprotocolsnasal swabbingHealth Services AdministrationInfectious DiseasePatient SafetySurgerySurgical Procedures, OperativeVirus DiseasesJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/3817863504covid19/38