ANZCA released the updated guidelines for surgery after COVID on 17 May 2022.

Suggested wait times from the date of COVID-19 diagnosis to surgery are as follows:

• Four weeks for non urgent minor surgery as long as the patient has returned to baseline function
• Seven weeks for non urgent major surgery, as long as the patient has returned to baseline function.
• If the patients is still unwell it is appropriate to delay until they improve.
• For time sensitive surgery, the risk begins to decrease after two weeks.

More information on investigations, and testing for infectivity is contained in the document.

These recommendations may change as data for new variants become available.

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