Radiographic imaging for patients with contagious infectious diseases: how to acquire chest radiographs of patients infected with the Ebola virus.
OBJECTIVE
Contagious infectious diseases add a new dimension to radiology and pose many unanswered questions. In particular, what is the safest way to image patients with contagious and potentially lethal infectious diseases? Here, we describe protocols used by Emory University to successfully acquire chest radiographs of patients with Ebola virus disease.


CONCLUSIONS
Radiology departments need to develop new protocols for various modalities used in imaging patients with contagious and potentially lethal infectious diseases.
1 Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
William F
WF
Auffermann
Colleen S
CS
Kraft
Sharon
S
Vanairsdale
G Marshall
GM
Lyon
Srini
S
Tridandapani
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005845:Georgia; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*
Ebola virus; chest radiographs; infectious diseases