Strategies to halt 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) spread for organ transplantation programs at the Sichuan Academy of Medical Science and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, China

During the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) outbreak in China (from January 24 to March 11, 2020), our center performed 16 organ transplants (10 kidney, 4 liver, and 2 lung transplants) harvested from deceased donors. Regarding the strategies to prevent infections of SARS‐CoV‐2, we implemented specific measures for the donor and recipient management, as well as prevention of hospital‐acquired infections. All 16 organ recipients had a favorable outcome without SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Our approaches aiming to interrupt the spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 within the transplantation wards were successful, and allowed us to maintain the transplantation program for deceased liver, kidney, and lung organ recipients. The authors report here their approaches to interrupt the spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 within the transplantation wards of their institution, which allowed maintenance of the transplantation programs for deceased liver, kidney, and lung recipients.