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National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on radiography services globally. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of radiology departments in Italy. METHODS: An online survey with 32 questions was developed and promoted...

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Autores principales: Roletto, Andrea, Catania, D, Ciaralli, C, Cozzi, A, Di Feo, D, Durante, S, Pasini, D, Raiano, N, Zanardo, M
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Publicado: Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716005/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2022.10.073
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author Roletto, Andrea
Catania, D
Ciaralli, C
Cozzi, A
Di Feo, D
Durante, S
Pasini, D
Raiano, N
Zanardo, M
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Catania, D
Ciaralli, C
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Durante, S
Pasini, D
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description INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on radiography services globally. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of radiology departments in Italy. METHODS: An online survey with 32 questions was developed and promoted by the Italian Federation of Scientific Radiographer Societies (FASTeR) and sent to all Radiology Service Managers (RSM) identified in the RSM committee of the Italian Federation of Radiographers and Health Professionals, counting for 39 Italian RSM, representing more than 1,200 radiographers. The survey included questions regarding RSM demographics data, the number of radiographers and specialties managed, the effects of the pandemic on the diagnostic imaging service, and any reorganizations that had been implemented, such as the partial or total suspension of diagnostic activities and the number of radiographers tested as positive to COVID-19. RESULTS: Twenty (52%) RSM from different Italian regions completed the questionnaire. A total of 70% of respondents had implemented reorganizations in terms of space, equipment, and pathways dedicated to COVID-19-infected patients, including an extension of the timing of acquisition of the exams. More than half of the respondents reported breast and DXA imaging unit had suffered the most suspension of activities. 70% of respondents reported that more than 50% of radiographers were resulted as COVID-19 positive. CONCLUSION: These data show how challenging was of the reorganization of Italian diagnostic imaging departments during the COVID-19 pandemic, with impact on the suspension of some exams and the rescheduling of breast and DXA imaging. The reorganization of the services also had to consider the high number of radiographers suspended from activity due to the positivity to COVID-19, and the lengthening of the duration of the examinations due to the sanitation of the spaces.
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spelling pubmed-97160052022-12-02 National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic Roletto, Andrea Catania, D Ciaralli, C Cozzi, A Di Feo, D Durante, S Pasini, D Raiano, N Zanardo, M J Med Imaging Radiat Sci Article INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on radiography services globally. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of radiology departments in Italy. METHODS: An online survey with 32 questions was developed and promoted by the Italian Federation of Scientific Radiographer Societies (FASTeR) and sent to all Radiology Service Managers (RSM) identified in the RSM committee of the Italian Federation of Radiographers and Health Professionals, counting for 39 Italian RSM, representing more than 1,200 radiographers. The survey included questions regarding RSM demographics data, the number of radiographers and specialties managed, the effects of the pandemic on the diagnostic imaging service, and any reorganizations that had been implemented, such as the partial or total suspension of diagnostic activities and the number of radiographers tested as positive to COVID-19. RESULTS: Twenty (52%) RSM from different Italian regions completed the questionnaire. A total of 70% of respondents had implemented reorganizations in terms of space, equipment, and pathways dedicated to COVID-19-infected patients, including an extension of the timing of acquisition of the exams. More than half of the respondents reported breast and DXA imaging unit had suffered the most suspension of activities. 70% of respondents reported that more than 50% of radiographers were resulted as COVID-19 positive. CONCLUSION: These data show how challenging was of the reorganization of Italian diagnostic imaging departments during the COVID-19 pandemic, with impact on the suspension of some exams and the rescheduling of breast and DXA imaging. The reorganization of the services also had to consider the high number of radiographers suspended from activity due to the positivity to COVID-19, and the lengthening of the duration of the examinations due to the sanitation of the spaces. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022-12 2022-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9716005/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2022.10.073 Text en Copyright © 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Cozzi, A
Di Feo, D
Durante, S
Pasini, D
Raiano, N
Zanardo, M
National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic
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title_fullStr National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short National survey for investigating the diagnostic imaging departments reorganization and management during the COVID-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9716005/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2022.10.073
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