Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency on Italian radiologists: a national survey.
Domenico AlbanoAntonio BrunoFederico BrunoMarco CalandriDamiano CarusoAlfredo ClementePietro CoppolinoDiletta CozziRiccardo De RobertisFrancesco GentiliIrene GrazziniMaria Laura JannoneCarlo LiguoriRaffaele NatellaGenny PaceAlessandro PosaPaola ScaliseBruno AccarinoCorrado BibbolinoAntonio BarileRoberto GrassiCarmelo Messinanull nullPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• More than two-thirds of institutions had trouble getting PPE for health workers, with public hospitals and southern institutions that presented more procurement problems • A substantial drop of imaging volumes was observed in the vast majority of Italian radiology departments, mostly due to the decrease of ultrasound, mammography, and MRI, especially in private practice were working activity was stopped in 13.3% of institutions • RT-PCR swab to health workers was reported as the most suggested measure by Italian radiologists to improve safety at work, as more than 80% of them believed that it should be performed to all health workers, although less than 30% were subjected to this test.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- coronavirus disease
- public health
- mental health
- artificial intelligence
- magnetic resonance imaging
- health information
- sars cov
- primary care
- contrast enhanced
- emergency department
- computed tomography
- human health
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- quality improvement
- ultrasound guided
- electronic health record
- diffusion weighted imaging
- fluorescence imaging
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- photodynamic therapy
- real time pcr