Nationwide Questionnaire Survey on Disaster Power Outage Countermeasures in the Radiology Departments of Hospitals

Purpose: To identify the countermeasures and current status of disaster power outages in the radiology departments of hospitals. Methods: A web-based questionnaire survey of 600 hospitals nationwide was conducted. The questionnaire survey covered 34 items, including availability of power in the radi...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Radiological Technology Vol. 80; no. 6; pp. 638 - 648
Main Authors Sato, Hisaya, Ota, Joji, Suzuki, Hiroaki, Morishima, Yoshiaki, Arai, Kazumasa, Ishikawa, Eiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Japanese Society of Radiological Technology 01.01.2024
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects
Angiography
Availability
Blackouts
Departments
disaster
Disasters
Electric power
equipment malfunctions
Generators
Hospitals
Information systems
Medical equipment
Outages
Polls & surveys
Power failures
power outage
private generator
Questionnaires
Radiography
Radiology
Surveys
private generator
equipment malfunctions
medical equipment
disaster
power outage
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ISSN0369-4305
1881-4883
DOI10.6009/jjrt.2024-1450

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Summary:Purpose: To identify the countermeasures and current status of disaster power outages in the radiology departments of hospitals. Methods: A web-based questionnaire survey of 600 hospitals nationwide was conducted. The questionnaire survey covered 34 items, including availability of power in the radiology department in the event of a disaster and the impact of power outages on medical equipment in the radiology department. Results: In all, 242 facilities (40.3%) responded to our survey. During power outages, 55.8%–68.2% of facilities were able to use CT, digital radiography, and angiography systems with their private generators. In 28.1%–40.7% of facilities, medical information systems were not available in all laboratories. In addition, power outages caused equipment malfunctions in 81.4% of facilities’ radiology departments. Conclusion: We have identified the power supplied by private generators to the radiology department’s medical equipment and medical information systems. Many medical equipment have malfunctioned due to power outages. Therefore, drills should be conducted to simulate various situations caused by power outages.
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ISSN:0369-4305
1881-4883
DOI:10.6009/jjrt.2024-1450