title: [The building and practice of the emergency isolation radiology information system at the department of radiology in polyclinic during the epidemic outbreak stage of SARS].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To clarify the characteristics of the hardware and software in the emergency-isolation-radiology-information-system(EIRIS) from the running experience of EIRIS during the epidemic outbreak stage of SARS(serious acute respiratory syndrom). To summarize the experience and the effects of the system, and to discuss the benefits and problems of the system.
  
  
  METHODS
  To set the dependent IP subnet address for the EIRIS. The server was in high available(HA) style. The text information was transmitted by TCP/IP protocol, and the chest X ray film information was transmitted by DICOM protocol. The client workstations were set in the SARS isolation region(at the SARS outpatient department and the SARS x-ray examination room) and the non-SARS isolation region respectively. The incidence of the SARS in medical staffs was recorded before and after the EIRIS was employed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EIRIS made the suspected and the diagnosed SARS cases away from the non-isolation area effectively. The incidence of the disease after the EIRIS running was in a downward trend compared with the incidence before the system run.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EIRIS was an effective method to break the transmission route of SARS within the hospital. Network and software preparation, the training in computer of the staffs at radiology department, network maintenance and the management system are the keys to the smooth running of the EIRIS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China. mriyxh@sina.com
authors.forename: Hongbin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Donghong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Kui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D010356:Patient Isolation; D011859:Radiography; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*