KSNM/KSID/KOSHIC Guidance for Nuclear Medicine Department Against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Author: Ji-In BANG ¹ ; Ho-Young LEE ; Young Seok CHO ; Hongyoon CHOI ; Ari CHONG ; Jae Sun EO ; Ji Young KIM ; Tae Sung KIM ; Hyun-Woo KWON ; Eun Jeong LEE ; Eun Seong LEE ; Hye Lim PARK ; Soo Bin PARK ; Hye-kyung SHIM ; Bong-Il SONG ; Ik Dong YOO ; Kyung Jae LEE ; Hong Jae LEE ; Su Ha HAN ; Jin Seo LEE ; Jung Mi PARK ; Sung Hoon KIM
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1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University of Medicine (Professor), Pocheon, Republic of Korea
Publication Type:GUIDELINES
From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020;54(4):163-167
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: The dramatic spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has profound impacts on every continent and life. Due to humanto-human transmission of COVID-19, nuclear medicine staffs also cannot escape the risk of infection from workplaces. Everystaff in the nuclear medicine department must prepare for and respond to COVID-19 pandemic which tailored to the characteristicsof our profession. This article provided the guidance prepared by the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (KSNM) incooperation with the Korean Society of Infectious Disease (KSID) and Korean Society for Healthcare-Associated InfectionControl and Prevention (KOSHIC) in managing the COVID-19 pandemic for the nuclear medicine department.We hope that thisguidance will support every practice in nuclear medicine during this chaotic period.