Looking ahead to a trauma service with COVID-19

We read with interest about the implementation of a one-stop hand trauma clinic at the Royal Free Hospital 1 and the correspondence from Leeds Teaching Hospitals regarding patterns of hand trauma during the COVID-19 lockdown 2. Over recent years North Bristol Trust (NBT) Plastic Surgery department has moved away from the one-stop clinic model as we have evolved our hand trauma service. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic we note that single contact care is the gold standard in order to avoid repeated trips to hospital and to minimise the risk to both patients and staff members of contracting COVID-19 3.
Source: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Tags: Correspondence and Communications Source Type: research