Organisational measures
The first measure is to raise awareness among HCPs of the risk of contamination and train them in implementing prevention measures. We need not dwell on the now well-known general sanitising measures: frequent hand-washing, permanent wearing of masks, and frequent washing of furniture and floors according to the general rules of hospital hygiene.
The main organisational measures are summarised in Table 2 . These measures are to be implemented jointly with the hygiene and administration departments of each hospital.
Table 2 Organisational measures for preventing contamination of HCPs by SRAS-CoV-2.
Train HCPs in protection measures
Set up separate circuits for patients with Covid-19 or suspected of having Covid-19 and for certainly non-Covid-19 patients
Have as few HCPs as possible in operating rooms
Avoid movement or changing of HCPs during laparoscopy
Ventilate the operating room
Manage waste appropriately during and after laparoscopy
Encourage the surgical team to leave the operating room during the intubation and extubation phases
Take general hygiene measures (hand-washing, cleaning of furniture and instruments, etc.)