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cord-336194-5v395xae	Darafsheh, Arash	Mitigating disruptions, and scalability of radiation oncology physics work during the COVID‐19 pandemic	2020-05-20		.txt	text/plain	3043	169	46	The recent outbreak of the novel COVID-19 respiratory disease around the world, first detected in Wuhan, China, in 2019, is caused by a new coronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is the seventh coronavirus known to infect humans. 21 According to medical physics practice guidelines, the physicists are involved to a varying degree in administration, clinical services, education, informatics, equipment performance evaluation, quality assurance, and safety. A modest portion of radiation oncology in the United States is practiced in small-sized clinics with 1-2 full time equivalent (FTE) individuals responsible for the medical physics activities. The large clinic includes more than ten physicists, more than 6 linacs, special treatment programs, MR simulator, MRIgRT and proton therapy, and both medical physics graduate and residency education programs. The main objective of medical physics practice, for previously stated categories, continues to be safe, efficient, and uninterrupted delivery of RT while maintaining safety of all staff, patients, and caregivers during the disease outbreak.	./cache/cord-336194-5v395xae.txt	./txt/cord-336194-5v395xae.txt