Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments

The best practices for nuclear medicine departments to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic have been debated in the literature recently. However, as many governments have started to ease restrictions in activity due to COVID-19, a set of guidelines is needed to resume routine patient care th...

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Main Authors: Sanaz Katal, Saif Azam, Emilio Bombardieri, Maria Picchio, Ali Gholamrezanezhad
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Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-03-01
Series:World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_73_20
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description The best practices for nuclear medicine departments to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic have been debated in the literature recently. However, as many governments have started to ease restrictions in activity due to COVID-19, a set of guidelines is needed to resume routine patient care throughout the world. The nonessential or elective procedures which were previously postponed or canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic will gradually restart in the following weeks despite the continued risks. In this paper, we aim to review some of the most effective general precautions to restart the regular nuclear medicine operations safely.
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spelling doaj-art-ee9b8bb3307f409f8467e3302a4a35c32025-08-20T02:05:03ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.World Journal of Nuclear Medicine1450-11471607-33122021-03-0120011610.4103/wjnm.WJNM_73_20Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departmentsSanaz Katal0Saif Azam1Emilio Bombardieri2Maria Picchio3Ali Gholamrezanezhad4Department of Nuclear Medicine/PET-CT, Shiraz, Kowsar Hospital, IranDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USADepartment of Scientific Direction, Humanitas Gavazzeni, BergamoVita- Salute San Raffaele University, Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USAThe best practices for nuclear medicine departments to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic have been debated in the literature recently. However, as many governments have started to ease restrictions in activity due to COVID-19, a set of guidelines is needed to resume routine patient care throughout the world. The nonessential or elective procedures which were previously postponed or canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic will gradually restart in the following weeks despite the continued risks. In this paper, we aim to review some of the most effective general precautions to restart the regular nuclear medicine operations safely.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_73_20covid-19nosocomial transmissionnuclear medicinepatient safetypositron emission tomography-computed tomographyprecautionsreopeningsars-cov-2ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy
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Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
covid-19
nosocomial transmission
nuclear medicine
patient safety
positron emission tomography-computed tomography
precautions
reopening
sars-cov-2
ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy
title Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
title_full Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
title_fullStr Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
title_full_unstemmed Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
title_short Reopening the country: Recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
title_sort reopening the country recommendations for nuclear medicine departments
topic covid-19
nosocomial transmission
nuclear medicine
patient safety
positron emission tomography-computed tomography
precautions
reopening
sars-cov-2
ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy
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