An online survey to assess preparedness among orthopedic professionals toward resuming practice amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

As the world has taken a hit in this COVID-19 pandemic started in 2019 and widely recognized and tackled in 2020, we orthopedic surgeons too have faced many challenges and are trying to cope with the new normal. India being a developing country with various geopolitical and economical differences in this country, it was important for us to understand the preparedness of orthopedic surgeons in this part of the world. We wanted to know and understand what are the protective equipment they are looking for before they take any patient, what is the level and frequency of testing (for COVID-19) that they are doing, and how their practice has been modified in anyways.

Keywords

• aerosol-generating procedures
• awareness
• covid-19
• orthopedics
• resuming practice
• survey