Quality and safety innovations in the Radiology Department during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Latin American experience

Quality and safety innovations in the Radiology Department during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Latin American experience

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 ho...

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Main Authors:	Patrícia Yokoo, Maria Carolina Bueno da Silva, Adham do Amaral e Castro, Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca, Karine Minaif Martins, Marcos Roberto Gomes de Queiroz, Gilberto Szarf, Adriano Tachibana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2020-10-01
Series:	Einstein (São Paulo)
Subjects:	Coronavirus COVID-19 Coronavirus infections Quality and safety Tomography, X-ray computed
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082020000100305&tlng=en

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