Déjà Vu or Jamais Vu? How the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Experience Influenced a Singapore Radiology Department's Response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic.

Cheng, Lionel Tim-Ee; Chan, Lai Peng; Tan, Ban Hock; Chen, Robert Chun; Tay, Kiang Hiong; Ling, Moi Lin; Tan, Bien Soo · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2020

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Abstract

<b>OBJECTIVE.</b> This article shares the ground operational perspective of how a tertiary hospital radiology department in Singapore is responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic. This same department was also deeply impacted by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003. <b>CONCLUSION.</b> Though similar to SARS, the COVID-19 outbreak has several differences. We share how lessons from 2003 are applied and modified in our ongoing operational response to this evolving novel pathogen.

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