Wound care during the COVID-19 emergency in Padua Hospital (Italy).

Chronic vascular wounds have a significant economic and social impact on our society calling for allocation of a great deal of attention and resources. The COVID-19 outbreak has represented a difficult challenge to face for healthcare providers and fragile patients, such as for outpatients and Day-Hospital patients needing continuous care at the Angiology Unit of the University Hospital of Padova in Italy, one of the most crucial areas worldwide. The project consisted in a critical revision of all the procedures from the patient's arrival to their discharge after completing the entire course of treatment. The previous standard of practice was modified according to the current evidence-based guidelines and the national and local Government's indications.1The new standard of practice allowed our Unit to protect every patient and staff member from the coronavirus infection, providing the same high standard of care as before the COVID-19 outbreak.