Practice for confirmed or suspicious COVID-19 patients
The recommendations for the pre/post AF procedure and catheter
laboratory and caring units can be similarly applied from the
peri-operative recommendations.62The patients with
confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection should be scheduled as the
last case of the day in the dictated laboratory and followed by
extensive sterilization of environment or instruments. To minimize the
transport of infected patients, elective intubation with highly
selective patients in the intensive care unit or in a negative
ventilation pressure room should be performed prior to entering the EP
laboratory.57