Radiation Oncology Strategies to Flatten the Curve During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: Experience From a Large Tertiary Cancer Center.
Journal
Advances in radiation oncology
ISSN: 2452-1094
Titre abrégé: Adv Radiat Oncol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101677247
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
09
04
2020
revised:
10
04
2020
accepted:
13
04
2020
entrez:
11
8
2020
pubmed:
11
8
2020
medline:
11
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, minimizing exposure risk for patients with cancer and health care personnel was of utmost importance. Here, we present steps taken to date to flatten the curve at the radiation oncology division of a tertiary cancer center with the goal of mitigating risk of exposure among patients and staff, and optimizing resource utilization. Response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in this large tertiary referral center included volume reduction, personal protective equipment recommendations, flexible clinic visit interaction types dictated by need and risk reduction, and numerous social distancing strategies. We hope these outlined considerations can assist the wider radiation oncology community as we collectively face this ongoing challenge.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32775771
doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.038
pii: S2452-1094(20)30140-8
pmc: PMC7240274
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
567-572Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
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