Management and Reconfiguration of a Radiology Department under the Threat of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Experience from Wuhan

Summary 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 polyme...

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Published in:Current medical science 2020-08, Vol.40 (4), p.608-613
Main Authors: Tian, Meng, Liu, Cong-cong, Long, Lu, Wang, Qiu-xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
China - epidemiology
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Disinfection - standards
Humans
Infection Control - organization & administration
Infection Control - standards
Infection Control Practitioners - organization & administration
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Radiologists - organization & administration
Radiology Department, Hospital - organization & administration
SARS-CoV-2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Summary 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.
ISSN:2096-5230
2523-899X
DOI:10.1007/s11596-020-2223-z