Contingency Plans in a Radiation Oncology Department Amid the 2019-nCoV Outbreak in Switzerland

The ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic is expected to develop into an unprecedented stress test for health care systems worldwide. This brief report, written from a radiation oncology perspective during the developing outbreak of 2019-nCoV in Switzerland, highlights the challenges identi...

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Autores principales: Papachristofilou, Alexandros, Finazzi, Tobias, Kohler, Goetz, Dott, Christian, Zimmermann, Frank
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Recommendations for clinic operations and treatment during COVID19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32363249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.012
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Sumario:The ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic is expected to develop into an unprecedented stress test for health care systems worldwide. This brief report, written from a radiation oncology perspective during the developing outbreak of 2019-nCoV in Switzerland, highlights the challenges identified and measures taken in our department to mitigate risks and ensure continued operations during the outbreak.

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