Department of Radiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir Turkey.
Diagn Interv Radiol. 2021 Mar;27(2):302-305. doi: 10.5152/dir.2020.20694.
A new coronavirus outbreak called COVID-19 started in December 2019. In Turkey, the first case was reported on 10 March 2020. In this article, information will be given about the patient and staff management and organization that we have implemented in the Radiology Department of our hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rules we followed were: 1- Performing the examinations of COVID-19 patients and suspects with a CT device isolated from other patients; 2- Reducing the unnecessary workload in imaging modalities other than CT, emergency radiography, and emergency ultrasonography; 3- Directing and managing patients and their relatives in accordance with the mask and distancing rules; 4- Disinfecting the device with an appropriate disinfectant after each patient in order to prevent cross-contamination; 5- Protecting the entire technician team from infection by employing one week work, two weeks off shifts of fixed teams; 6- Ensuring adequate ventilation of the gantry room. Adhering to the above rules, no infection spread was reported from the Radiology department and especially the COVID-19 CT unit.
一种名为 COVID-19 的新型冠状病毒疫情于 2019 年 12 月爆发。在土耳其，首例病例于 2020 年 3 月 10 日报告。在本文中，将介绍我们在 COVID-19 大流行期间在医院放射科实施的患者和员工管理及组织方面的信息。我们遵循的规则如下：1. 使用与其他患者隔离的 CT 设备对 COVID-19 患者和疑似患者进行检查；2. 减少 CT、急诊放射和急诊超声以外的影像方式的不必要工作量；3. 根据戴口罩和保持距离的规定指导和管理患者及其家属；4. 为防止交叉感染，在为每位患者检查后用适当的消毒剂对设备进行消毒；5. 通过固定团队的一周工作、两周休假来保护整个技师团队免受感染；6. 确保检查室有足够的通风。通过遵守上述规则，放射科没有出现感染传播的情况，特别是 COVID-19 CT 检查室。
