The Battle Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Emergency Management and Infection Control in a Radiology Department.
J Am Coll Radiol
; 17(6): 710-716, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-14313
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the strategy and the emergency management and infection control procedure of our radiology department during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.METHODS:
We set up emergency management and sensing control teams. The team formulated variousmeasures:
reconfiguration of the radiology department, personal protection and training of staff, examination procedures for patients suspected of or confirmed with COVID-19 as well as patients without an exposure history or symptoms. Those with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection were scanned in the designated fever-CT unit.RESULTS:
From January 21, 2020, to March 9, 2020, 3,083 people suspected or confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 underwent fever-CT examinations. Including initial examinations and re-examinations, the total number of fever-CT examinations numbered 3,340. As a result of our precautions, none of the staff of the radiology department were infected with COVID-19.CONCLUSION:
Strategic planning and adequate protections can help protect patients and staff against a highly infectious disease while maintaining function at a high-volume capacity.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Radiology Department, Hospital
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Cross Infection
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Disease Outbreaks
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Coll Radiol
Journal subject:
Radiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jacr.2020.03.011
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