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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 24(03): e388-e390
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713141
Letter to the Editor
Special Article COVID-19
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The Italian Society Indication for Rhinologists during Covid-19: Italy Phase 2

Gaetano Motta 
1   Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
,
Desiderio Passali 
2   IFOS Former President and Executive Board member, Rome, Italy
,
Giulio Cesare Passali 
3   ENT Clinic, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
,
Elena Cantone 
4   Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences - ENT Section, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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11 May 2020

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19 June 2020 (online)

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Dear Editor,

SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious, with a huge impact on the healthcare systems worldwide; medical staff, and rhinologists in particular, are at high risk of viral contamination. Indeed, due to the exposure of airway and mucosal surfaces and the possibility of generating aerosols, many head and neck, as well as otolaryngologic oral diagnostic, and surgical procedures are high-risk. Therefore, the Italian Rhinologic Society proposed some brief and clear indications to go through the so called “fase 2” (“phase 2”) in our country.

Italian Rhinologic Society Board - (https://www.societaitalianarinologia.it/home/index.php).

Bellussi, Luisa: IFOS executive board member, Rome, Italy (l.bellussi@virgilio.it).


Cassano, Pasquale: Otorhinolaryngology, Università degli Studi di Foggia (pasquale.cassano@unifg.it).


Piemonte, Marco: ENT, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Udine (marco.piemonte@asuiud.sanita.fvg.it).


Scasso, Felice: ENT, Ospedale “Antero Micone” Asl 3 Genovese (Felice.Scasso@asl3.liguria.it).


Albera, Roberto: ENT, Università degli Studi di Torino (roberto.albera@unito.it).


Bellocchi, Gianluca: ENT, Ospedale San Camillo, Rome (GBellocchi@scamilloforlanini.rm.it).


Della Vecchia, Laura: ENT, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria “Ospedale Di Circolo E Fondazione Macchi” (feedward@virgilio.it).


Salamanca, Fabrizio: ENT, Casa di Cura Humanitas San Pio X (fabriziosalamanca1@gmail.com).


∗ The members of the Italian Rhinologic Society board participated in the authorship of this article and are listed on page 2.


 

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