• J Am Coll Radiol · Jun 2020

    The Battle Against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Emergency Management and Infection Control in a Radiology Department.

    • Zixing Huang, Shuang Zhao, Zhenlin Li, Weixia Chen, Lihong Zhao, Lipeng Deng, and Bin Song.
    • Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
    • J Am Coll Radiol. 2020 Jun 1; 17 (6): 710-716.

    ObjectiveTo describe the strategy and the emergency management and infection control procedure of our radiology department during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.MethodsWe set up emergency management and sensing control teams. The team formulated various measures: 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.ResultsFrom 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.ConclusionStrategic planning and adequate protections can help protect patients and staff against a highly infectious disease while maintaining function at a high-volume capacity.Copyright © 2020 American College of Radiology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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