TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparation of a radiology department in an Italian hospital dedicated to COVID-19 patients
AU - Ierardi, Anna Maria
AU - Wood, Bradford J.
AU - Arrichiello, Antonio
AU - Bottino, Nicola
AU - Bracchi, Laura
AU - Forzenigo, Laura
AU - Andrisani, Maria Carmela
AU - Vespro, Valentina
AU - Bonelli, Cristian
AU - Amalou, Amel
AU - Turkbey, Evrim B.
AU - Turkbey, Baris I.
AU - Granata, Giuseppe
AU - Pinto, Antonio
AU - Grasselli, Giacomo
AU - Stocchetti, Nino
AU - Carrafiello, Gianpaolo
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Preparedness for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread in Italy called for setting up of adequately equipped and dedicated health facilities to manage sick patients while protecting healthcare workers, uninfected patients, and the community. In our country, in a short time span, the demand for critical care beds exceeded supply. A new sequestered hospital completely dedicated to intensive care (IC) for isolated COVID-19 patients needed to be designed, constructed, and deployed. Along with this new initiative, the new concept of “Pandemic Radiology Unit” was implemented as a practical solution to the emerging crisis, born out of a critical and urgent acute need. The present article describes logistics, planning, and practical design issues for such a pandemic radiology and critical care unit (e.g., space, infection control, safety of healthcare workers, etc.) adopted in the IC Hospital Unit for the care and management of COVID-19 patients.
AB - Preparedness for the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread in Italy called for setting up of adequately equipped and dedicated health facilities to manage sick patients while protecting healthcare workers, uninfected patients, and the community. In our country, in a short time span, the demand for critical care beds exceeded supply. A new sequestered hospital completely dedicated to intensive care (IC) for isolated COVID-19 patients needed to be designed, constructed, and deployed. Along with this new initiative, the new concept of “Pandemic Radiology Unit” was implemented as a practical solution to the emerging crisis, born out of a critical and urgent acute need. The present article describes logistics, planning, and practical design issues for such a pandemic radiology and critical care unit (e.g., space, infection control, safety of healthcare workers, etc.) adopted in the IC Hospital Unit for the care and management of COVID-19 patients.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Hospital
KW - Pandemic
KW - Radiology
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.1007/s11547-020-01248-1
DO - 10.1007/s11547-020-01248-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087820823
VL - 125
SP - 894
EP - 901
JO - Radiologia Medica
JF - Radiologia Medica
SN - 0033-8362
IS - 9
ER -