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cord-308491-fc46k594	Mossa-Basha, Mahmud	Policies and Guidelines for COVID-19 Preparedness: Experiences from the University of Washington	2020-04-08		.txt	text/plain	3304	161	48	Elective Imaging Exams 3 To promote our efforts to protect our patients and employees from potential exposure, while performing critical and time-sensitive non-invasive diagnostic imaging studies, we are rescheduling elective examinations. In approximately 5000 COVID-19 tested patients across our hospitals, we have performed 4700 chest imaging exams, including 1300 CT and 3400 x-ray examinations. For elective imaging, if the patient did not reschedule their study, arrives at our department and is symptomatic per front door or front desk screening, the patient is provided with a surgical mask and placed in an isolation room. For patients requiring airborne/contact precautions, radiology technologists will perform room sanitizing after imaging while still wearing the same set of PPE as used during patient transfers. For all critical and time-sensitive procedures and imaging studies that involve anesthesia and may require intubation, a RT-PCR test for COVID-19 is performed prior to the procedure to ensure healthcare worker protection.	./cache/cord-308491-fc46k594.txt	./txt/cord-308491-fc46k594.txt