title: Is your interventional radiology service ready for SARS?: The Singapore experience.
abstract: The recent epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome caught many by surprise. Hitherto, infection control has not been in the forefront of radiological practice. Many interventional radiology (IR) services are therefore not equipped to deal with such a disease. In this review, we share our experience from the interventional radiologist's perspective, report on the acute measures instituted within our departments and explore the long-term effects of such a disease on the practice of IR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. gdrltn@sgh.com.sg
authors.forename: Te-Neng
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Ngee
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.forename: Kiang-Hiong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Winston E H
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Bien-Soo
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011482:Protective Devices; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000635:transmission*; D012846:Singapore