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Implementation of a Remotely Controlled FPD System for X-ray Imaging in an Advanced Isolation Room
Akihisa IIZUKA1), Masumi YAMAUCHI2)3), Keiko FUKAGAWA2)3) and Masaya YAMATO2)～4)
1)Department of Radiology, Rinku General Medical Center, 2)Department of Infection Control Management, Rinku General Medical Center, 3)Rinku General Medical Center, Center for Infectious Diseases, 4)Rinku General Medical Center Division of General Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Our medical institution is a designated center for the treatment of patients with infectious diseases such as Ebola virus disease (EVD), which was a major epidemic in West Africa beginning in 2014. We set up an advanced isolation room containing a flat-panel detector (FPD) system that was used for the X-ray imaging of a patient suspected to have EVD. The FPD system appeared to be very useful from the viewpoint of performing early image examinations, obtaining a diagnosis, and preventing the spread of the virus. However, it is very difficult and complicated for staff wearing full personal protective equipment to operate the personal computer (PC) of an FPD system from within the advanced isolation room. Therefore, we constructed a remote-control system in which all PC operations of the FPD system could be performed in a separate room, without the need for staff to wear full personal protective equipment. We consider that a remotely controlled FPD system would be advantageous for operating medical equipment in an advanced isolation room, particularly from the viewpoint of infection control.
Key words：Institution for Specific Infectious Diseases, advanced isolation ward, X-ray photography, remote-control system for PC of flat-panel detector system
e-mail: aeiizuka＠yahoo.co.jp
Received: September 17, 2019
Accepted: November 14, 2019
35 (1)：37─42,2020
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