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Loopholes in Current Infection Control and Prevention Practices Against COVID-19 in Radiology Department and Improvement Suggestions
Yu Juan.
Ding Ning.
Chen Huan.
Liu Xia-Jing.
Pu Zu-Hui.
Xu Hua-Jian.
Lei Yi.
Zhang Han-Wen.
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
10.1177/0846537120916852
Objectives: To improve the infection control and prevention practices against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in radiology department through loophole identification and providing rectifying measurements. Methods: Retrospective analysis of 2 cases of health-care-associated COVID-19 transmission in 2 radiology departments and comparing the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 with the practices of our department, where no COVID-19 transmission has occurred. Results: Several loopholes have been identified in the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 of the 2 radiology departments. Loopholes were in large part due to our limited understanding of the highly contagious coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is characterized by features not observed in other SARS viruses. We recommend to set up an isolation zone for handling patients who do not meet the diagnostic criteria of COVID-19 but are not completely cleared of the possibility of infection. Conclusions: Loopholes in the infection control and prevention practices against COVID-19 of the 2 radiology departments are due to poor understanding of the emerging disease which can be fixed by establishing an isolation zone for patients not completely cleared of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
2020
Artículo
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0846537120916852
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VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS
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