Infection Control against COVID-19 in Departments of Radiology

The COVID-19 epidemic, which is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly to become a world-wide pandemic. Chest radiography and chest CT are frequently used to support the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. However, multiple cases of COVID-19 transmission in radiology department...

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Autores principales: Yu, Juan, Ding, Ning, Chen, Huan, Liu, Xia-Jing, He, Wen-jie, Dai, Wei-cai, Zhou, Zhao-guang, Lin, Fan, Pu, Zu-hui, Li, Ding-fu, Xu, Hua-jian, Wang, Yu-li, Zhang, Han-wen, Lei, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association of University Radiologists. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32276755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.03.025
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Sumario:The COVID-19 epidemic, which is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has spread rapidly to become a world-wide pandemic. Chest radiography and chest CT are frequently used to support the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. However, multiple cases of COVID-19 transmission in radiology department have been reported. Here we summarize the lessons we learned and provide suggestions to improve the infection control and prevention practices of healthcare workers in departments of radiology.

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