Hospitals' organization in Italy during the three phases of the COVID-19 pandemic Configuration of surgical wards During all three pandemic phases, most Italian hospitals had a mixed configuration in the management of both COVID-19-positive and COVID-19-negative patients, with an increasing trend in such arrangement (70.4% vs. 76.8% vs. 77.4%).
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Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 Study.
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Reassignment of surgical staff We reported a significant trend towards the reassignment of surgical staff to non-surgical COVID-19 activities in phase I: > 50% of the Italian surgical departments had at least one surgeon assigned to non-surgical activities.