Please join us for the next GI Journal Club.  This edition will focus on GI-issues related to the COVID Pandemic.  We will have Chris Hostler, MD from infectious disease,  join us as a visiting preceptor to contribute to this discussion:

Brendon O’Connell, MD, will present the following articles:

Effect of single- versus double-gloving on virus transfer to health care workers’skin and clothing during removal of personal protective equipment
American Journal of Infection Control 40 (2012) 369-74

• PDF: Casanova_Effect of single versus double gloving
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.324

Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and  Clothing
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, No. 8, August 2008

• PDF: Virus Transfer from Personal Protective Equipment to Healthcare Employees’ Skin and Clothing
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1408.080085

Kara Wegermann, MD will present the following article:

COVID-19: Abnormal liver function tests
Journal of Hepatology 2020 vol. – j 1–9

• PDF: COVID-19: Abnormal liver function tests
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.04.006

Additional Related Articles of Interest:

Digestive Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients With Mild Disease Severity: Clinical Presentation, Stool Viral RNA Testing, and Outcomes
Am J Gastroenterol 2020;00:1–8

• PDF: Digestive Symptoms in COVID-19 Patients With Mild Disease Severity_Clinical Presentation, Stool Viral RNA Testing, and Outcomes
• DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000664

Aerosol Generating Procedures and Risk of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infections  to Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review
PLoS ONE 7(4): e35797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035797

• PDF: AGP and Risk of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infections
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035797

Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples
Lancet, Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2020, Pages 434-435

• PDF: Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples
• DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30083-2