TY - JOUR T1 - Use of negative pressure individual isolation system for CT scan of patients with suspected COVID-19 JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 467 LP - 467 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2020-209851 VL - 37 IS - 8 AU - Phee Kheng Cheah AU - Thiagu Krisnan AU - Mohamed Hakimi Abdul Kadir AU - Evelyn Marie Steven Y1 - 2020/08/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/37/8/467.abstract N2 - Dear EditorThe Sabah Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Malaysia has one CT scan. Using the single scanner to image patients with suspected COVID-19 would cause a backlog, due to the need for frequent and thorough disinfection after each case. In the care of recent COVID-19 suspect, with a negative CXR, we carried out a CT thorax using a negative pressure individual isolation system (NPIIS), Iso-Pod1 with our Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS make2 CT scanner and describe our experience.The NPIIS was laid out on a transfer stretcher and the patient lay down on top of it. The NPIIS was then assembled around her by the accompanying physician. This process took less … ER -