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- Title
Quality and safety innovations in the Radiology Department during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Latin American experience.
- Authors
Yokoo, Patrícia; Bueno da Silva, Maria Carolina; do Amaral e Castro, Adham; Ururahy Nunes Fonseca, Eduardo Kaiser; Minaif Martins, Karine; Gomes de Queiroz, Marcos Roberto; Szarf, Gilberto; Tachibana, Adriano
- Abstract
Radiology departments were forced to make significant changes in their routine during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, to prevent further transmission of the coronavirus and optimize medical care as well. In this article, we describe our Radiology Department's policies in a private hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 preparedness focusing on quality and safety for the patient submitted to imaging tests, the healthcare team involved in the exams, the requesting physician, and for other patients and hospital environment.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; MEDICAL innovations; MEDICAL radiology; MEDICAL quality control; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Einstein (16794508), 2020, Vol 18, p1
- ISSN
1679-4508
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31744/einstein_journal/2020GS5832