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COVID-19 pneumonia: infection control protocol inside computed tomography suites.

Nakajima, Kento; Kato, Hideaki; Yamashiro, Tsuneo; Izumi, Toshiharu; Takeuchi, Ichiro; Nakajima, Hideaki; Utsunomiya, Daisuke.

Jpn J Radiol ; 38(5): 391-393, 2020 May.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-9202

ABSTRACT

A novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) causes a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. It spread rapidly and globally. CT imaging is helpful for the evaluation of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Infection control inside the CT suites is also important to prevent hospital-related transmission of COVID-19. We present our experience with infection control protocol for COVID-19 inside the CT suites.

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Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Infection Control/methods , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/transmission , Humans , Infection Control/standards , Personal Protective Equipment , Pneumonia, Viral/transmission , Radiology Department, Hospital/standards , SARS-CoV-2 , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/standards

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