Experts consensus on epidemic prevention and control in radiotherapy centers during the COVID-19 outbreak: Experiences from Sichuan Province

Dekang Zhang; Tao Li; Pei Wang; Weidong Wang; Mei Feng; Lintao Li; Qinghua Jiang; Mei Lan; Lucia Clara Orlandini; Jie Li; Jinyi Lang

doi:10.1016/j.ctro.2020.06.010

Experts consensus on epidemic prevention and control in radiotherapy centers during the COVID-19 outbreak: Experiences from Sichuan Province

Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jun 30:24:88-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2020.06.010. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Dekang Zhang^{1

2

3}, Tao Li^{1

2

3}, Pei Wang^{1

2

3}, Weidong Wang^{1

2

3}, Mei Feng^{1

2

3}, Lintao Li^{1

2

3}, Qinghua Jiang^{1

2}, Mei Lan^{1

2

3}, Lucia Clara Orlandini^{1

2}, Jie Li^{1

2

3}, Jinyi Lang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
² Sichuan Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, Chengdu, China.
³ Sichuan Anti-Cancer Association, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

After the outbreak of COVID-19, medical institutions in China and even around the world are facing unprecedented challenges. In order to minimize the adverse impact of this unexpected epidemic on patients who need radiotherapy, the expert group of our radiotherapy center immediately formulated comprehensive emergency plans and prevention and control measures, partitioned the work area, launched online staff training, and optimized the radiotherapy process after the outbreak, which provided a strong guarantee for the safe and orderly operation of our radiotherapy center and kept the infection rate to an extremely low level. We hope our experience could provide reference and suggestions for other medical institutions.

Keywords: COVID-19; Consensus; Epidemic prevention and control; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy center.