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play an increasingly important role in the future to perform distant consultations to remote areas or to perform a basic screening of patients on the basis of their clinical findings in order to decrease waiting lists for a first examination. Figure 1 provides several examples of the organization described. Future improvements may involve the production within hospital centers of devices which have been largely depleted during the pandemic, such as 3D printed components for respirators, considering that many hospitals currently integrate a laboratory for 3D printing. We believe that in this period of uncertainty, given the current risk as long as the pandemic lasts, time has come to be even more adaptable and reflective practitioners, in order to maintain the effectiveness of safety protocols which have proved to be essential in avoiding the spreading of infection both among clinical personnel and patients.