Work organization of outpatient computed diagnostics center under novel coronavirus infection outbreak in a large urban area

Abstract

This study presents joint work experience of the structural divisions of the Federal Siberian Scientific and Clinical Center (FSSCC) as a unified outpatient computed tomography diagnostics center (OCTDC) created to carry out comprehensive medical examination of the population under FSSCC during coronavirus-disease 2019 outbreak as well as patients of medical organizations of the Krasnoyarsk urban area. A patient routing scheme was designed and implemented in OCTDC, and its further interaction with territorial polyclinics and hospitals redesigned into temporary infectious disease hospitals was presented. When planning the work of OCTDC, special emphasis is placed on anti-epidemic measures as well as elements of cost-effectiveness in an outpatient setting. FSSCC was opened for the first time in Krasnoyarsk and became the basis for replicating such computed tomography centers in other medical institutions of the region.