Endoscopy 2022; 54(02): 211-216
DOI: 10.1055/a-1700-4897
Position Statement

ESGE and ESGENA Position Statement on gastrointestinal endoscopy and COVID-19: Updated guidance for the era of vaccines and viral variants

Authors

  • Ian M. Gralnek*

     1   Ellen and Pinchas Mamber Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
  • Cesare Hassan*

     2   Endoscopy Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
     3   Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
  • Alanna Ebigbo

     4   III Medizinische Klinik Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
  • Andre Fuchs

     4   III Medizinische Klinik Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
  • Ulrike Beilenhoff

     5   European Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (ESGENA)
  • Giulio Antonelli

     6   Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedics Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
     7   Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale dei Castelli di Ariccia, Rome, Italy
  • Raf Bisschops

     8   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), TARGID, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Marianna Arvanitakis

     9   Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Pradeep Bhandari

    10   Gastroenterology, Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • Michael Bretthauer

    11   Clinical Effectiveness Research Group, University of Oslo, and Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  • Michal F. Kaminski

    12   Department of Cancer Prevention and Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
  • Vicente Lorenzo-Zuniga

    13   Department of Gastroenterology, University and Polytechnic La Fe Hospital/IIS La Fe, Valencia. Spain
  • Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago

    14   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá, Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
  • Peter D. Siersema

    15   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Tony C. Tham

    16   Division of Gastroenterology, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Konstantinos Triantafyllou

    17   Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second Department of Internal Medicine - Propaedeutic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece
  • Alberto Tringali

    18   Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS-Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy
  • Andrei Voiosu

    19   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
    20   Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
  • George Webster

    21   Department of Gastroenterology, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
  • Marjon de Pater

    22   Amsterdam UMC location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Björn Fehrke

    23   Department of Pneumonology, Inselspital, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
  • Mario Gazic

    24   General Hospital Bjelovar, Bjelovar, Croatia
  • Tatjana Gjergek

    25   University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Siiri Maasen

    26   Tallinn Healthcare College, Tallinn, Estonia
  • Wendy Waagenes

    27   Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Mario Dinis-Ribeiro

    28   Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center (Porto.CCC) and RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Porto, Portugal
  • Helmut Messmann

     4   III Medizinische Klinik Universitätsklinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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Abbreviations

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
ESGE: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
ESGENA: European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates
FFP: filtering facepiece
HCP: healthcare professional
INAAT: isothermal nucleic acid amplification
IDSA: Infectious Diseases Society of America
IPC: infection prevention and control
PCR: polymerase chain reaction
PPE: personal protective equipment
SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
WHO: World Health Organization

* Co-first authors




Publication History

Article published online:
21 December 2021

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