European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
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Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging
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Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging · Aug 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in nuclear medicine departments: preliminary report of the first international survey.
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is challenging the availability of hospital resources worldwide. The Young Group of the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine (AIMN) developed the first international survey to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 in nuclear medicine (NM). The aim of this study was to perform a preliminary report of the ongoing survey. ⋯ According to this preliminary report of the first international survey, COVID-19 heavily impacted NM departments and professionals. New praxes for NM procedures, assistance, and prevention of COVID-19 have been applied during the pandemic.