Management and Reconfiguration of a Radiology Department under the Threat of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Experience from Wuhan.
Curr Med Sci
; 40(4): 608-613, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-696815
ABSTRACT
The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging respiratory infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, which first occurred in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. These days, in China, chest CT is used for diagnosis of COVID-19, as an important complement to the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Because of contacting with a large number of suspected or probable cases closely during chest CT examination, radiographers are easily infected with COVID-19. This article included the rearrangement of CT examination room in fever clinic, the rearrangement of human resources in radiology department, and the drafting of new operating procedures for radiologists who carry out CT examination on COVID-19 patients. This article also introduced the emergency management procedures of the department of radiology during the outbreak, and the experience of infection prevention for the staff of the department of radiology.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Radiology Department, Hospital
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Coronavirus Infections
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Med Sci
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11596-020-2223-z
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