Loopholes in Current Infection Control and Prevention Practices Against COVID-19 in Radiology Department and Improvement Suggestions.

Autor:	Yu J; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Ding N; Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Chen H; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Liu XJ; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Pu ZH; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Xu HJ; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Lei Y; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China., Zhang HW; Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, 499778Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes [Can Assoc Radiol J] 2021 May; Vol. 72 (2), pp. 215-221. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 13.
DOI:	10.1177/0846537120916852
Abstrakt:	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.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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