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Messages / Information from the Academy / Colleges

  1. Letter from HKAM President (29 July 2020)
  2. A Co-signed Letter to Doctors - Appeal on Early Testing and Detection for COVID-19 (9 July 2020)
  3. Letter from HKAM President (3 June 2020)
  4. Letter from the Academy to Trainees (3 April 2020)
  5. Letter from Academy President to its Fellows and Trainees (31 March 2020)
  6. Letter from College President, Hong Kong College of Physicians to its Fellows, Members and Trainees (7 April 2020)
  7. PowerPoint Presentation - Webinar on Coronavirus and Related Medico-Legal Issues (24 April 2020)
  8. How are family doctors serving the Hong Kong community during the COVID-19 outbreak? A survey of HKCFP members

Guidelines for healthcare professionals

  1. Home care for patients with suspected novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection presenting with mild symptoms and management of contacts: interim guidance, 20 January 2020
  2. Guidance for wearing and removing personal protective equipment in healthcare settings for the care of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
  3. Key Elements on Prevention and Control of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings (Interim)
  4. Outbreak Preparedness and Response: The Essentials
  5. Precautions for Operating Room Team Members During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  6. Recommended Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in hospitals/clinics under Serious/ Emergency Response Level Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Interim)
  7. Risk stratification protocol to reduce consumption of personal protective equipment for emergency surgeries during COVID-19 pandemic
  8. COVID Ready Communication Playbook (English) (Traditional Chinese)
  9. Communication Skills in the Age of COVID-19
  10. Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19
  11. Risk stratification protocol to reduce consumption of personal protective equipment for emergency surgeries during COVID-19 pandemic

Medical care for COVID-19 patients

  1. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection in Pregnancy
  2. Principles of Airway Management
  3. Perioperative Management of Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus: Recommendation from the Joint Task Force of the Chinese Society of Anesthesiology and the Chinese Association of Anesthesiologists
  4. Considerations in performing endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic
  5. Severe acute respiratory symptoms and suspected SARS again 2020
  6. High-resolution computed tomography in a patient with COVID-19 with non-diagnostic serial radiographs
  7. Imaging findings of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: a case series
  8. Temporal changes in computed tomography of COVID-19 pneumonia with perilobular fibrosis
  9. Pediatric anesthetic implications of COVID-19 – A review of current literature
  10. 新型冠状病毒肺炎诊疗方案(试行第七版)
  11. An overview of COVID-19, with emphasis on radiological features
  12. Challenges and responsibilities of family doctors in the new global coronavirus outbreak
  13. Keeping the Coronavirus from Infecting Health-Care Workers
  14. Responding to COVID-19 in Hong Kong
  15. Role of computed tomography imaging in identifying COVID-19 cases
  16. Imaging findings of critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a case series
  17. High-resolution computed tomography in a patient with COVID-19 with nondiagnostic serial radiographs
  18. Temporal changes in computed tomography of COVID-19 pneumonia with perilobular fibrosis
  19. Is reinfection possible after recovery from COVID-19?
  20. Roles and challenges of traditional Chinese medicine in COVID-19 in Hong Kong
  21. Impact of COVID-19 as a vertical infection in late pregnancy

Healthcare facilities

  1. Report 15: Strengthening hospital capacity for the COVID-19 pandemic
  2. Checklist for Healthcare Facilities: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response
  3. Automatic Gas-Powered Resuscitators: What Is Their Role in Mass Critical Care?
  4. Workflow updates to maintain clinical services and reduce utilisation of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak

Information to general public

  1. Novel Coronavirus – Recommendations for Parents (English) (Chinese) (Tagalog)
  2. 有關近日新型冠狀病毒的有用資料
  3. Travel restrictions in the rising COVID-19 pandemic
  4. COVID-19 and the history of antiseptic surgery: how to tackle these little beasts
  5. Are face masks useful for limiting the spread of COVID-19?
  6. Combating COVID-19: East meets West

Useful links

  • https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html
  • https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/102624.html

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