COVID-19 Resources for the Surgical Technologist and Surgical Assistant

AST has complied a list of resources to help the surgical community facing the ever-changing effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

• The CDC offers the following considerations regarding to holidays and gatherings, updated December 2: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html
  
• Joint Statement: Roadmap for Resuming Elective Surgery after COVID-19 Pandemic
• American College of Surgeons https://www.facs.org/covid-19
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/index.html
• FDA Statement of Decontamination of N95 Respirators https://www.fda.gov/media/136882/download
• The Joint Commission - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
• N95DECON - A scientific consortium for data-driven study of N95 filtering facepiece respirator decontamination 
  https://www.n95decon.org/
• National Institutes of Health https://www.nih.gov/health-information/coronavirus
  
• World Health Organization https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/health-workers