Infection Control in Interventional Radiology During the COVID-19 Era

Gabrielle S. Ndakwah; Anthony Tucker-Bartley; Rory L. Cochran; Dania Daye; Robert M. Sheridan; Avik Som; Sara Smolinski-Zhao; Sanjeeva P. Kalva; Raul N. Uppot

doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.12.011

Infection Control in Interventional Radiology During the COVID-19 Era

Gabrielle S. Ndakwah, Anthony Tucker-Bartley, Rory L. Cochran, Dania Daye, Robert M. Sheridan, Avik Som, Sara Smolinski-Zhao, Sanjeeva P. Kalva, Raul N. Uppot

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The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of interventional radiology departments worldwide to effectively treat COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients while preventing disease transmission among patients and healthcare workers. In this review, we describe the various data driven infection control measures implemented by the interventional radiology department of a large tertiary care center in the United States including the use and novel re-use of personal protective equipment, COVID-19 testing strategies, modifications in procedural workflows and the leveraging of telehealth visits. Herein, we provide effective triage, procedural, and management algorithms that may guide other interventional radiology departments during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in future infectious disease outbreaks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	284-287
Number of pages	4
Journal	Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.12.011
State	Published - May 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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