Aim: To assess which and when measures were applied to reduce coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads have been applied in medical oncology departments. Materials & methods: We surveyed all medical oncology departments from the Italian Emilia Romagna region via a multidomain questionnaire. The questions covered items on patients, healthcare workers, risk reduction measure and clinical trials. Results: A total of 12 centers involving 861 healthcare members joined the survey. The measures applied to patients and health workers partially converged in all the departments while major divergences were found in the clinical trials domain. High rate of COVID-19 infection occurred among medical doctors (21/208, 10.1%) and social care workers (13/110, 11.8%). Rate of infection among nurses was 5.7% (24/418). Conclusion: All measures able to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection must be applied in medical oncology departments. Early introduction of risk reduction measures may be a critical issue.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Healthcare workers, survey, risk reduction, medical oncology departments, oncological centresoncological patients, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, clinical trial, Infection, clinical trials, Spread, COVID-19 infection, healthcare, Patient, Care, Critical, questionnaire, patients, health worker, Nurse, oncology, domain, measure, material, Medical doctor, risk of COVID-19, Italian, occurred, Rate, applied, question, reduce, 【제목키워드】 coronavirus disease, Cancer, Italy, oncology, Fighting,