COVID-19 Preparedness for Echo Labs: Insights from the Frontlines
James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE, Captain Daniel S. Chertow, MD, MPH, FCCM, FIDSA, Anita Sadeghpour, MD, FASE, and Madhav Swaminathan, MD, FASE discuss unique issues relating to COVID-19 exposure for health care providers in high risk areas, review methods to specifically protect echo lab personnel from COVID-19 exposure, and delineate lab protocols for scanning patients with suspected or proven COVID-19 infection.