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.
Artículo
en Inglés
| 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.Palabras clave
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Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Servicio de Radiología en Hospital
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Control de Infecciones
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Am Coll Radiol
Asunto de la revista:
Radiología
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
J.jacr.2020.03.011
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