Open AccessReopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
Author(s) -
Sanaz Katal,
Saif Azam,
Emilio Bombardieri,
Maria Picchio,
Ali Gholamrezanezhad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1607-3312
pISSN - 1450-1147
DOI - 10.4103/wjnm.wjnm_73_20
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , medline , law , political science
The best practices for nuclear medicine departments to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic have been debated in the literature recently. However, as many governments have started to ease restrictions in activity due to COVID-19, a set of guidelines is needed to resume routine patient care throughout the world. The nonessential or elective procedures which were previously postponed or canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic will gradually restart in the following weeks despite the continued risks. In this paper, we aim to review some of the most effective general precautions to restart the regular nuclear medicine operations safely.