TY - JOUR
T1 - Iodinated contrast media shortage
T2 - Insights and guidance from two major public hospitals
AU - Amukotuwa, Shalini A.
AU - Bammer, Roland
AU - Jackson, Dana M.
AU - Sutherland, Thomas
N1 - Funding Information:
Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley - Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Global shortage of iodinated contrast medium (ICM) is the latest health care ripple-effect from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some public hospitals in Australia have less than a week's supply. Strategies are, therefore, urgently needed to conserve ICM for those diagnostic tests and interventions, which are time-critical, and without which patients would suffer death or significant morbidity. A plan is also required to continue providing best possible care to patients in the worst-case scenario of exhausted ICM supplies. This document, by representatives from two major public hospitals, will provide some guidance that is tailored to the Australian context.
AB - Global shortage of iodinated contrast medium (ICM) is the latest health care ripple-effect from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some public hospitals in Australia have less than a week's supply. Strategies are, therefore, urgently needed to conserve ICM for those diagnostic tests and interventions, which are time-critical, and without which patients would suffer death or significant morbidity. A plan is also required to continue providing best possible care to patients in the worst-case scenario of exhausted ICM supplies. This document, by representatives from two major public hospitals, will provide some guidance that is tailored to the Australian context.
KW - contrast dose reduction
KW - contrast-enhanced CT
KW - iodinated contrast media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131515257&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1754-9485.13444
DO - 10.1111/1754-9485.13444
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 35634808
AN - SCOPUS:85131515257
SN - 1754-9477
VL - 66
SP - 946
EP - 956
JO - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
JF - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
IS - 7
ER -