Open AccessPreparedness and Best Practice in Radiology Department for COVID-19 and Other Future Pandemics of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection
Author(s) -
Yung Liang Wan,
U. Joseph Schoepf,
Carol C. Wu,
Dominic P. Giovagnoli,
Ming Ting Wu,
HuiChi Hsu,
YeunChung Chang,
ChengTa Yang,
Wen Jin Cherng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of thoracic imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1536-0237
pISSN - 0883-5993
DOI - 10.1097/rti.0000000000000529
Subject(s) - medicine , preparedness , pandemic , personal protective equipment , covid-19 , isolation (microbiology) , pneumonia , emergency department , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , computed tomography , health care , radiology , emergency medicine , pathology , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth , microbiology and biotechnology
The COVID-19 global pandemic has emerged as an unprecedented health care crisis. To reduce risks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission in the Radiology Department, this article describes measures to increase the preparedness of Radiology Department, such as careful screening of staff and patients, thorough disinfection of equipments and rooms, appropriate use of personal protection equipment, and early isolation of patients with incidentally detected computed tomography findings suspicious for COVID-19. The familiarity of radiologists with clinical and imaging manifestations of COVID-19 pneumonia and their prognostic implications is essential to provide optimal care to patients.