Loopholes in Current Infection Control and Prevention Practices Against COVID-19 in Radiology Department and Improvement Suggestions.
Can Assoc Radiol J
; 72(2): 215-221, 2021 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-45844
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To improve the infection control and prevention practices against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in radiology department through loophole identification and providing rectifying measurements.METHODS:
Retrospective analysis of 2 cases of health-care-associated COVID-19 transmission in 2 radiology departments and comparing the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 with the practices of our department, where no COVID-19 transmission has occurred.RESULTS:
Several loopholes have been identified in the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 of the 2 radiology departments. Loopholes were in large part due to our limited understanding of the highly contagious coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is characterized by features not observed in other SARS viruses. We recommend to set up an isolation zone for handling patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria of COVID-19 but are not completely cleared of the possibility of infection.CONCLUSIONS:
Loopholes in the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 of the 2 radiology departments are due to poor understanding of the emerging disease which can be fixed by establishing an isolation zone for patients not completely cleared of SARS-CoV-2 infection.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiology Department, Hospital
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Infection Control
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Quality Improvement
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Hospital Design and Construction
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Can Assoc Radiol J
Journal subject:
Radiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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