[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].
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.
Han
Hongbin
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Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China. mriyxh@sina.com
Li
Xuan
X
Qu
Wen
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Shen
Tao
T
Xu
Feng
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Gao
Donghong
D
Sun
Zhen
Z
Xiao
Kui
K
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*