The “Phase 2: ScotSAC/BSAC GUIDELINES – extension to exercise, outdoor sport guidance” which was submitted for approval to Sport Scotland as a requirement, is to be read in conjunction with the ScotSAC/ BSAC documents already on this page. In it you will find links to a number of oth...
Material & methods: Guidelines from all European Union countries, Scotland, Switzerland and United Kingdom were retrieved. Information on triage, mouth rinse, personal protective equipment (PPE) for aerosol free/ generating procedures (non-AGP/AGP) and treatment of potentially infectious patients were ...
Elective surgery after SARS-CoV-2 infection must be safe for staff, other patients and the public [16– 19]. Therefore, adherence to self-isolation guidelines is imperative. Symptoms of COVID-19 present 4–5 days following infection with SARS-CoV-2, and it is most contagious in the 2 day...
To recap, there are vast differences in the number of cases and deaths caused by coronavirus in different countries. This heterogeneity does not merely disappear when we account for potentially different reporting guidelines in each country; rather it may even be exacerbated. So what could be drivi...
SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland. Nat Med. 2022;28(3):504-512. doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 30. Ruderman RS, Mormol J, Trawick E, et al. Association of COVID-19 vaccination during early ...
(viz., before COVID-19 passenger usually boarded from the front door to punch their travel pass) to maintain social distance between passengers and drivers for transit staff safety [56]. However, the Scottish government (viz., Transport Scotland) has pointed out that the measures of social ...
One of the challenges of surgery during the COVID- 19 pandemic is the peri-operative risk of morbidity and mortality to patients with active SARS-CoV-2 infection. Evidence suggests a 19. 1% 30-day mortality in elective (planned) and 26.0...
403 islanders in a population of some 48,497 were tested, of which 187 tested positive, all of whom have now recovered, said Barour a Steig Nielsen, prime minister of the Faroe Islands, which is located 320 kilometers north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and ...
Following the WHO's global pandemic declaration and Uganda's confirmation of its first COVID-19 case in March 2020, a set of guidelines and directives were given to prevent the spread and mitigate the effects of the novel coronavirus. While initial strict enforcement was ensured and adherence to...
Simpson CR, Shi T, Vasileiou E, et al. First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nat Med. 2021;27(7):1290-1297. doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01408-4PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref ...