ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT: ASC QC COVID-19 Survey Confirms Continued Safety in ASCs

ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT


ASC QC COVID-19 Survey Confirms Continued Safety in ASCs

Surgery centers had negligible infection rate during the first months of the pandemic

As part of its mission to support the collection and reporting of quality data, the ASC Quality Collaboration (ASC QC) conducted a survey of more than 700 ASCs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when surgeries were limited to urgent and emergent cases. The survey found that ASCs continued to perform essential outpatient surgeries safely during March and April last year with patients facing virtually no heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus either during or following their procedure.

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