Protection and control procedures for novel coronavirus infection during nuclear medicine imaging examinations in non-designated hospitals for novel coronavirus pneumonia.

Novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is a kind of highly infectious disease. To take the non-designated hospitals for novel coronavirus pneumonia as the example, based on the characteristics of novel coronavirus, the infection factors involved in nuclear medical imaging examinations were analyzed in this paper, and proposals were put forward to improve the protection and control in the following seven aspects, including the examinees, the staff, the workplace, the instruments, the disposal of medical waste, and the medical supply, and procedures. It is expected to prevent the patients and staff from the infection of COVID-19 during nuclear medicine imaging examinations.Copyright © 2020 by the Chinese Medical Association.