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Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation
COVID-19 Information
Below is a combined list of all our COVID-19 information from our 3 COVID-19 sections in reverse chronological order.
If you wish to only see items from one of these sections, please click on the filter links in the righthand side bar.
National Covid-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce Tool for Respiratory and Eye Protection
The link below which provides an evidence based clear decision making tool for respiratory and eye protection guidance during Covid-19 pandemic. Very easy “at-a-glance” tool.
Joint Perfusion Covid-19 Task Force Webinar Available
Rationale and Practical use of CytoSorb, an Extracorporeal Cytokine Adsorber, with ECMO to Treat Cytokine Storm in Critically-Ill COVID-19 patients Speakers and topics: “CytoSorb and
SpecialityCare Webinar: COVID – Back on Bypass
SpecialityCare US hosted another webinar to learn best practices for conducting cardiopulmonary bypass on patients suspected, or confirmed, of having COVID-19. The webinar begins with
SpecialityCare Webinar: ECMO for Patients with COVID-19: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned
ECMO for Patients with COVID-19: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned SpecialtyCare hosted an educational one-hour webinar on the 4th June. Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Michael S.
SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Spread Through ECMO or Dialysis Membranes
SARS-CoV-2 Does Not Spread Through ECMO or Dialysis Membranes Martin Dres, Sonia Burrel, David Boutolleau, Guillaume Voiriot, Alexandre Demoule, Alain Combes, Guillaume Lebreton, Matthieu Schmidt
Joint Perfusion Task Force Webinar #6
Manufacturer and Perfusion Service Company Panel: COVID-19 Impact, Second Wave Preparation, & OR Re-openings This webinar focuses on case volume changes for Perfusion Services Companies
Exhaust Gas queries and COVID-19
A common question over the last few months has been “Is COVID-19 able to be transmitted across the membranes of our oxygenators in the exhaust
Joint Perfusion Task Force Webinar #5
This webinar, streamed live on May 14th, examined the topic of life on the road to recovery, examining the return to operating in the COVID-19
Joint Perfusion Task Force Webinar #4
This webinar streamed live on April 30th examined the role of Cytosorb filters for ECMO in COVID-19 patients, and some European perspectives of the current
PPR FMC Card
PPE: How Flinders is looking after Staff. The image below is a quick resource card – you can keep with your ID Badge that
COVID-19 and Coagulation
COVID-19 and Coagulation ISTH interim guidance on recognition and management of coagulopathy in COVID‐19. Jecko Thachil, Ning Tang, Satoshi Gando, Anna Falanga, Marco Cattaneo, Marcel
Positive Patient FAQs for use of LivaNova ECMO/CPB Devices for Respiratory Support during COVD-19
This document is intended to support health care providers during COVID-19/SARS–CoV2 pandemic with respect to several questions that have arisen regarding the use of oxygenators
STS Webinar: ECMO Challenges and Considerations
Please find a link to the STS Webinar that was conducted at 1am AEST Friday 24th April An increased need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO),
ELSO Webinar: ECMO in COVID-19: What have we learned?
Please find the following link if you wish to view the ELSO Webinar held Thursday 23rd April ECMO in COVID-19: What Have We Learned? Christian
Getinge COVID-19 Information MCP Products
Getinge have provided this response to their US customers, it looks at a number of questions that have been asked, including: Has COVID-19 been identified
LivaNova Disinfection Information
LivaNova have provided this response below to the following question: “We are looking into alternatives for our clinical perfusion teams to use for cleaning machines
ECMO and Covid-19
ECMO and COVID-19 Initial ELSO Guidance Document: ECMO for COVID-19 Patients with Severe Cardiopulmonary Failure. Bartlett, Robert H, Ogino, Mark T, Brodie, Daniel, et al
Joint Perfusion Task Force Webinar #3
The Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force held a third webinar yesterday April 16 2020 (1100 Central Time US/Canada) with the following Speakers: COVID-19 Experience at
Joint Perfusion Task Force Webinar #2
The Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force held a second webinar last Thursday Apr 9 2020 (1100 Central Time US/Canada) hearing from perfusionists in New York
What’s App Australian & New Zealand Perfusionist Group
ANZCP have set up a “What’s App chat” to enable us to ask quick questions on the run to communicate information and support each other
Free ELSO Membership Available
ELSO is offering a one-time free yearly individual membership for new members. This offer is good until the end of June. The link to join
Covid-19 and Cardiovascular Implications
COVID-19 and CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLICATIONS Sarah Zaman, Andrew I MacIsaac, Garry LR Jennings, Markus Schlaich, Sally C Inglis, Ruth Arnold, Derek P Chew, Saurabh Kumar,
Joint Perfusion Task Force
The Joint Perfusion COVID-19 Task Force held a webinar last night (Apr 2 2020 1100 Central Time US/Canada) hearing from perfusionists in New York and
Disinfection Protocols
Cleaning the HLM after COVID positive procedure From: Helen Scarrott <Helen.Scarrott@health.qld.gov.au> Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2020 3:29 PM To: Admin ANZCP <admin@anzcp.org> Subject: Re: Australian and New Zealand College
Peer Reviewed Literature
GENERAL Adams JG, Walls RM. Supporting the Health Care Workforce During the COVID-19 Global Epidemic JAMA. Published online March 12, 2020. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3972. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763136 DelRio
President’s Letter COVID-19 Response
For a letter from the President of the ANZCP in response to COVID-19, please click here.
