However, responding centers were employing various strategies to reduce staff exposure to COVID-19.
31% did not allow fellow participation in cardiac catheterization cases.
76% minimized staff exposure through changes to the work and call schedule.
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10.8% reassigned staff to provide clinical services outside the typical scope of practice.
41.7% had discussed or planned reassignment.
In addition, many facilities are minimizing staff presence in the Cath lab before and after airway manipulation in order to reduce potential exposure.
Resource Reallocation and Potential Repurposing
The primary way responding centers are conserving resources is by decreasing elective cases. "For subspecialists like pediatric interventional cardiologists, this raises the question of how best to utilize our clinical skills if the typical volume of patients with congenital heart is reduced," said Sathanandam.
This decision will vary by pediatric institution and may depend on geographic proximity to and relationship with adult centers. Pediatric interventional cardiologists will likely be deployed for services outside of the Cath lab depending on where resources are strained whether inpatient services, ICUs, emergency departments or vascular access teams.
About Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., treats children each year through community programs, regional clinics and a 255 bed state-of-the-art hospital. Le Bonheur serves as a primary teaching affiliate for the University Tennessee Health Science Center and trains more than 350 pediatricians and specialists each year. Nationally recognized, Le Bonheur is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Children's Hospital.
About The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
As Tennessee's only public, statewide, academic health system, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to bring the benefits of the health sciences to the achievement and maintenance of human health through education, research, clinical care, and public service, with a focus on the citizens of Tennessee and the region. The main campus in Memphis includes six colleges: Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. UTHSC also educates and trains medicine, pharmacy, and/or health professions students, as well as medical residents and fellows, at major sites in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville.
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