Planning and coordination of the radiological response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: the Singapore experience

Tsou, I. Y. Y.; Liew, Charlene; Tan, Bien Peng; Chou, Hong; Sl, Wong; Loke, Kelvin Siu Hoong; Quah, R.C.W.; Tan, Audrey; Tay, Kiang Hiong

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2020.03.028

Cited by 42 publications

(41 citation statements)

References 14 publications

(10 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In line with public health directives, UK IR departments have made extensive changes but continue to deliver safe urgent and emergent care for positive as well as negative COVID-19 patients (BSIR 2020). It is advisable to have a designated IR suite for COVIDinfected patients and detailed patient flow pathways created to enable safe transfer of patients to and from the IR suite from other hospital departments (Tsou et al 2020;Too et al 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of UK interventional radiologists to the COVID-19 pandemic – survey findings

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect upon the National Health Service (NHS). Like other specialties, Interventional Radiology (IR) rapidly adapted to the evolving situation. Members of BSIR were surveyed to obtain a snapshot of the experiences of UK IRs in response to COVID-19. An electronic survey was compiled using Google Forms, approved by the BSIR Council Officers and distributed to BSIR members by email on 18 th April 2020. A total of 228 responses were received. The survey was open for a 14-day period and the data analysed in Microsoft Excel 365. The response rate was 29% (228/800). Results: Two thirds of respondents work in a Tertiary unit and 33% deliver IR in a District Hospital. 84% have a day-case facility. After the COVID-19 crisis, 81% of respondents were able to maintain 24-7 On-call service. 59% of respondents had been required change their day to day practice to allow the on-call service to continue. 55% of respondents were involved in providing a central line service. Of those questioned, 91% continued to offer endovascular services, 98% genitourinary and 92% hepatobiliary services, although a degree of service reduction was described. 38% have provided IR trainees with additional training material during this pandemic. Conclusions: This survey has confirmed that the responses of UK IR departments to the COVID-19 crisis have ensured vital on-call and urgent services have continued, including ongoing availability of most IR sub-specialties. Availability of a day case facility has possibly influenced the positive response.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of UK interventional radiologists to the COVID-19 pandemic – survey findings

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…To this end, attempts to coordinate COVID-19 research around the world are in progress. Efforts in specific areas [7,8], broad government efforts such as the ACTIV Partnership [9] and activation of the WHO R&D Blueprint to improve the global response support a comprehensive approach. As part of this strategy, we expect to see increasing linkages between public health and research activities.…”

Section: Covid-19 Research Is Burgeoningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coordinating the research response to COVID-19: Mali’s approach

Doumbia

Sow

Diakité

et al. 2020

Health Res Policy Sys

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mali, like the rest of the world, has seen a rapid spread of COVID-19 since the first report of imported cases. Despite being a low-income country, Mali has leveraged scientific research resources via coordinated approaches to enable public health emergency planning and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mali’s approach includes the harmonization of research activities; leveraging of research laboratory capacity of the University Clinical Research Center, Mali International Center for Excellence and three other in-country laboratories for community COVID-19 testing; strengthening relationships amongst local and international stakeholders; and collaboration with the Ministry of Health to integrate scientific evidence into public policy and emergency management of COVID-19 through a platform of consultation and open communication. The country has implemented national coordination of its COVID-19 response by establishing a COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee and a COVID-19 Technical Coordination Committee, both within the Ministry of Health and working collaboratively with other stakeholders. Members of Mali’s COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee also serve as leaders of its principal academic and government clinical and public health research entities. This centralised approach has enabled the prioritisation of COVID-19 control activities, informed allocation of resources, evidence-based public health practices and timely decision-making in the pandemic setting. Though challenges remain, lessons learned from Mali’s harnessing of clinical research capacity to guide and support its COVID-19 response can be applied to future global health research challenges and illustrate the power of building public health-responsive research capacity in resource-limited settings through international collaboration.

show abstract

“…The differences between the two is beyond the scope of this article and has been described by others. 16 …”

Section: Practical Problem-based Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptability and responsiveness: keys to operational measures in a regional hospital radiology department during the current COVID-19 pandemic

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The rapid and mostly uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic over the past 4 months has overwhelmed many healthcare systems worldwide. In Singapore, while our public healthcare institutions were considered well prepared due to our prior experience with the SARS outbreak, there was an unexpected surge of infected patients over the recent 2 months to deal with. We describe our radiology department’s experience in modifying operational practices and implementing strict infection control measures aimed at minimizing disease transmission and mitigating the potential impact of possible staff infection. From the perspective of serving a medium-sized regional hospital and limited by physical and manpower constraints, our radiology department had to adapt quickly and modify our initial responses and practices as the disease scenario changed. We have also enumerated some guidelines for planning future radiology departments.

show abstract

Planning and coordination of the radiological response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: the Singapore experience

Cited by 42 publications

References 14 publications

Response of UK interventional radiologists to the COVID-19 pandemic – survey findings

Response of UK interventional radiologists to the COVID-19 pandemic – survey findings

Coordinating the research response to COVID-19: Mali’s approach

Adaptability and responsiveness: keys to operational measures in a regional hospital radiology department during the current COVID-19 pandemic

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About