{"id":434,"date":"2024-12-11T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:06:39","slug":"covid19-tc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/covid19-tc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u51a0\u72c0\u75c5\u6bd2\u75c5\u611f\u67d3\u63a7\u5236\u7684\u76f8\u95dc\u63aa\u65bd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">(in English only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"316\" class=\"wp-image-435\" style=\"width: 1900px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7.avif\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7.avif 1895w, https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7-1024x170.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7-768x128.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7-1536x255.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ammed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2bb9e75bc3224cf4b3314fa0e01af8a7-18x3.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Service and segregation in a non hospital-based imaging center<\/strong><br>Our imaging centres will offer services to all types of patients, sometimes using the&nbsp;same equipment, in the same room, by the same staff. In these circumstances the&nbsp;goal is not only to reduce the risk of infection to staff, but also to reduce the risk of&nbsp;cross infection among staff and patients. Therefore, patients must be segregated&nbsp;according to their risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Case screening<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All patient should fill in health declaration form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ALL request forms for CT thorax should be screened by the Clinical Director.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any queries on booking SHOULD be diversified\u00a0to the centre I\/C or the Clinical\u00a0Director to decide the proper patient risk group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Designation of patient risk<\/strong><br>Although our centres have a variable case mix in designated non-hospital based&nbsp;buildings, all staff performing imaging examinations on all patients should take the&nbsp;SUITABLE personal infection control measures irrespective of the patient\u2019s risk group.&nbsp;This means wearing mask (either surgical mask \/ N-95 mask), frequent handwashing,&nbsp;proper working clothes (including gowns) and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 categories of patients attending our imaging centers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intermediate: Patients without suspected COVID-19<br>High:&nbsp; Patients with suspected COVID-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest infection control measures must be taken for the patients in the high risk&nbsp;group while lower precautions can be taken for the intermediate group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Segregation of patients<\/strong><br>There are two ways patient can be segregated, time and location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our centers will be constrained by the number of equipment and layout. The suitable&nbsp;way to segregate some patients will be by time.&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;dedicated timeslot should be allocated for high risk patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br>Try to site the patients and relatives in different zones to achieve social distancing.<br>Waiting areas and patient access will have to be segregated also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General infection control guidelines for staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensure you are acquainted with general infection control guidelines and\u00a0protocols. Keep yourself updated!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daily temperature check and records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take note of each patients risk category. Wash your hands before and after\u00a0touching patients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try to have social distancing with staff and patients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dispose of masks and contaminated apparel in designated sites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid eating or drinking in clinical places.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take sick leave and see a doctor if you develop symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These guidelines will need to be continually reviewed and updated as required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Last updated:&nbsp; March 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(in English only) Se [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ammed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}