Ohio State University, Columbus

- This survey was provided to infusion centers which possess IOIBD membership which are located worldwide
- Results of the survey indicated a few initial changes have been implemented on a per center basis to maintain practice, these include the following:
     - Shortening of infusion times
     - Reducing, or completely doing away with, post infusion monitoring for stable patients
     - Increasing spacing between infusion chairs
     - Increasing cleaning between infusions
     - Reducing maximum patient capacity
     - Increasing hours of operations
- There were a few other statistics of note which are detailed on the child node: Figure 1. Changes in infusion centre dynamics since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic


Survey Results

Citation: Iris Dotan, Remo Panaccione, Gilaad G Kaplan, Colm O’Morain, James O Lindsay, Maria T Abreu, on behalf of IOIBD, Best Practice Guidance for Adult Infusion Centres during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report from the COVID-19 International Organization for the Study of IBD [IOIBD] Task Force, Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Volume 14, Issue Supplement_3, October 2020, Pages S785–S790, https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa147

URL: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/14/Supplement_3/S785/5909836?login=true


Best Practice Guidance for Adult Infusion Centres during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report from the COVID-19 International Organization for the Study of IBD [IOIBD] Task Force

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