In order to protect our drugs and PPE, anesthesia cart codes for the blue carts have been changed. Cart codes can be found in the protected “RESIDENCY UPDATES” section. White anesthesia carts will require a key to open.

Added a new image to our COVID clinical resources page. This comes from and update sent to perioperative services 3/29/2020 regarding and algorithm on how to approach PPE for patients with or without COVID testing. Most notably, treat NEGATIVE COVID tests as a normal everyday case and preserve PPE. (This is different from the VA SOP, also listed on the site)

BIG UPDATE. We got a late Sunday evening update to the UCSD mask use policy. UCSD has walked back their policy against universal masking. Per new guidelines 3/29/2020, everyone entering the hospital will receive a earloop mask. We are recommended to use masks for ALL face-to-face patient encounters. Updated documents can be found under COVID19/Clinical Resources

Also new for tonight is a extended mask use policy. Also uploaded to our clinical resources page.

Uploaded to the clinical resources page under COVID-19.

Hi! Hope everyone is safe and well. We’ve uploaded two new COVID19 clinical guides. One out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and another from Johns Hopkins. Both meant to serve as guides for COVID care.

We’ve also added some new GME updates. There are hotel rooms available for folks concerned with family exposure to novel coronavirus. Also, a link from the MS1/MS2 at UCSD School of Medicine who are volunteering their time for childcare and family support for those of you who need it!

Instructions for how to set up a UC Health Zoom account are posted on the site under COVID19/Zoom and Teleconferencing. Additional information can also be found via pulse.

We received new UCSD Mask Use guidelines today 3/23/2020. The updated documents are included on the website under COVID-19/Clinical Resources. Also included are the ASA’s latest guides on mask use for your reference.

The GME also clarified some points on administrative leave, childcare and employee healthcare benefits related to COVID-19. Please find these under COVID-19/GME Updates. Let us know if you have any questions!

We’ve created a COVID-19 page on our website to help organize the huge amount of information out there and collate some of the rapidly changing guidelines for safety and clinical management. We’ve included some CDC/WHO guidelines as well as UCSD/VASDHS policies. As our residency evolves to address the fluid changes in OR and ICU staffing, this page will also summarize the changes and provide the latest updates as they occur.

OR and Surgical Schedule

• KOP is closed for now 
• Shiley will run only one OR for the remainder of the week – and may not run ORs for a few weeks after this
• Much consolidation of out of the OR cases
• Only leveled or essential cases will be done.

Morning Conference and M&M – cancelled in accordance with current recommendations.

National Conferences – similarly to our own meetings and M&M, these have been cancelled and residents originally scheduled off will be returned to the staffing pool

Resident Lunch – We will no longer have daily lunches delivered. Additional money will be placed on meal cards. These should take a few days to take effect.