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cord-326185-gjte739i	Mukherjee, Pratik	Adaptability and responsiveness: keys to operational measures in a regional hospital radiology department during the current COVID-19 pandemic	2020-06-19		.txt	text/plain	6154	294	50	Since confirmation of the first COVID-19 imported case in Singapore on 23 January 2020, there has been a gradual increase in numbers of infected patients, mostly from imports and within small local clusters, in the first 2 months or so, that is February and March 2020. From the outbreak onset, measures were taken to keep all potential COVID-19 cases presenting to the emergency department (ED) separate from the "cold" patients and HCWs, in order to prevent cross-infection. Multiple factors contributed to the situation: (a) additional workload of screening chest radiographs in the ED (ESW and ARW), as well as the isolation wards; (b) increased time required to perform cross-sectional imaging on COVID-19 positive or suspected cases due to additional infection control measures; (c) less available workforce due to segregation strategies to protect staff providing essential services and redeployment of staff to other areas of need; both within our hospital and at other institutions, for example, NCID and (d) limited hospital beds.	./cache/cord-326185-gjte739i.txt	./txt/cord-326185-gjte739i.txt