Ghasem Janbabai - Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Sajjad Razavi - Anesthesiology Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Dabbagh - Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

The COVID-۱۹ pandemic due to the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ۲ (SARS-CoV۲) has affected many aspects of the health system. One of those groups that are at very high risk are those health care personnel (including physicians, nurses, and managerial personnel) delivering the perioperative care; including preoperative care, intraoperative care and postoperative care. This is the same challenge for the patients who need to be admitted in hospital while they are feared of being affected by SARS-CoV۲. This review considers the safety precautions for perioperative protection of healthcare personnel and patients based on the available evidence.

SARS-CoV۲, COVID-۱۹, personal protection, infection control, safety precaution, perioperative care