Shareef M Syed, James Gardner, Garrett Roll, Allison Webber, Neil Mehta, Jun Shoji, Dieter Adelmann, Claus Niemann, Hillary J Braun, Anna Mello, Francis Yao, Andrew Posselt, Sang-Mo Kang, Ryutaro Hirose, John Roberts, Sandy Feng, Nancy Ascher, Peter Stock, Chris Freise
BACKGROUND: The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) disease has transformed innumerable aspects of medical practice, particularly in the field of transplantation. MAIN BODY: Here we describe a single-center approach to creating a generalizable, comprehensive, and graduated set of recommendations to respond in stepwise fashion to the challenges posed by these conditions, and the underlying principles guiding such decisions. CONCLUSION: Creation of a stepwise plan will allow transplant centers to respond in a dynamic fashion to the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic...
June 29, 2020: Transplantation