Role of diagnostic imaging technologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: the importance of organization and planning in the first line. / Papel del personal técnico superior en imagen para el diagnóstico durante la pandemia COVID-19: importancia de la organización y planificación en la primera línea.
Radiologia (Engl Ed)
; 63(1): 50-55, 2021.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-920491
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent declaration of a state of alarm have required changes throughout the entire health system and diagnostic imaging departments are no exception. In our department, these circumstances led to an immediate restructuring of the working dynamics of our group of imaging technologists that had an important role in the front lines of the battle. To ensure that these new needs were met, the staff had to be trained and distributed into different areas and working groups; moreover, new protective measures and protocols had to be adopted in the working environment. We also defined different care circuits for patients with COVID-19 and those without COVID-19, incorporating new technologies, adapting existing resources to the new scenario, and creating a circuit for the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19. This paper also provides detailed recommendations for organizing radiology departments in the case of new outbreaks of COVID-19.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiology
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Radiology Department, Hospital
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Diagnostic Imaging
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Professional Role
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Radiologia (Engl Ed)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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