Changes in the global impact of COVID-19 on nuclear medicine departments during 2020: an international follow-up survey.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

As a follow-up to the international survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in April 2020, this survey aims to provide a situational snapshot of the COVID-19 impact on nuclear medicine services worldwide, 1 year later. The survey was designed to determine the impact of the pandemic at two specific time points: June and October 2020, and compare them to the previously collected data.

Materials and methods

A web-based questionnaire, in the same format as the April 2020 survey was disseminated to nuclear medicine facilities worldwide. Survey data was collected using a secure software platform hosted by the IAEA; it was made available for 6 weeks, from November 23 to December 31, 2020.

Results

From 505 replies received from 96 countries, data

SUBMITTER: Giammarile F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8214460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature