Role of diagnostic imaging technologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: The importance of organization and planning in the first line☆
| Autor: | J. del Riego, D. Ribas, J. Perendreu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Battle
Process management Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Computer science Restructuring Emerging technologies media_common.quotation_subject Radiología Declaration Prevision 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Organización Pandemic Medical imaging 030212 general & internal medicine General Environmental Science media_common Pandemia COVID-19 Update in Radiology Planning Previsión General Earth and Planetary Sciences Working group Radiology Planificación Organization |
| Zdroj: | Radiologi´a Radiología (English Edition) |
| ISSN: | 2173-5107 |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent declaration of a state of alarm have required changes throughout the entire health system and diagnostic imaging departments are no exception. In our department, these circumstances led to an immediate restructuring of the working dynamics of our group of imaging technologists that had an important role in the front lines of the battle. To ensure that these new needs were met, the staff had to be trained and distributed into different areas and working groups; moreover, new protective measures and protocols had to be adopted in the working environment. We also defined different care circuits for patients with COVID-19 and those without COVID-19, incorporating new technologies, adapting existing resources to the new scenario, and creating a circuit for the rapid diagnosis of COVID-19. This paper also provides detailed recommendations for organizing radiology departments in the case of new outbreaks of COVID-19. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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