Contingency Plans in a Radiation Oncology Department Amid the 2019-nCoV Outbreak in Switzerland

Alexandros Papachristofilou; Tobias Finazzi; Goetz Kohler; Christian Dott; Frank Zimmermann

doi:10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.012

Contingency Plans in a Radiation Oncology Department Amid the 2019-nCoV Outbreak in Switzerland

Adv Radiat Oncol. 2020 Mar 31;5(4):577-581. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.03.012. eCollection 2020 Jul-Aug.

Authors

Alexandros Papachristofilou¹, Tobias Finazzi¹, Goetz Kohler¹, Christian Dott¹, Frank Zimmermann¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Abstract

The ongoing novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic is expected to develop into an unprecedented stress test for health care systems worldwide. This brief report, written from a radiation oncology perspective during the developing outbreak of 2019-nCoV in Switzerland, highlights the challenges identified and measures taken in our department to mitigate risks and ensure continued operations during the outbreak.