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Enhancing the utility of virtual surgical pre-assessment.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual pre-assessment was introduced for all elective and semi-urgent surgeries to maintain surgical clinical services in the authors' Trust. This mainly involved telephone pre-assessments, although occasionally video technology was used. This had to be managed and mai...

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Published in:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 30; no. 17; pp. 1032 - 1039
Main Authors: Goonasekera, Chulananda, Gammon, Nicola, Found, Phil, Sheikh, Asme, Fleming, Ian, Amoako, Derek, Nanavati, Nilesh
Format: critical path research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 9/23/2021
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:During the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual pre-assessment was introduced for all elective and semi-urgent surgeries to maintain surgical clinical services in the authors' Trust. This mainly involved telephone pre-assessments, although occasionally video technology was used. This had to be managed and maintained at a distance with little or no training or established method. This article includes experiences of staff involved in a single tertiary centre, an assessment of the pros and cons of virtual pre-assessment and concludes with a set of recommendations to enhance the utility of the service for the future.