Patients who have had magnetic resonance examination in the summer must have been deeply impressed by the "coldness" of the equipment room: all the patients who came to the hospital for examination despite the high temperature were sweating, but when the door of the magnetic resonance examination room slowly opened, a cold air The person standing at the door couldn't help but shiver and let out a breath of white breath...
This is a daily routine that happens at the door of the radiology department examination room in summer. Today, doctors from radiology department will reveal the answer.
The sun is blazing in summer and the heat is unbearable. People have put on cool clothes one after another. But when I went to the hospital for some large-scale equipment inspections, this summer "refreshing" instantly turned into "severe cold".
This scene may look very "funny": the patient wears short sleeves and shorts, and is wrapped in a quilt prepared in the MRI examination room, but he is still "shivering" on the examination bed...or even because of the shivering that brings about operational artifacts. , and have to extend the scanning time.
Many patients couldn't help but ask the staff: "Can the air conditioner temperature be raised a little? The patients will not feel cold. Moreover, it is such a waste to turn on such a low temperature!"
The blame is that the equipment is too "squeamish" Radiology Department In the examination room, it will feel "cold" in summer, and the examination equipment can only be blamed for this "blame". The X-ray, CT and magnetic resonance equipment in the radiology department have specified working environment temperatures and humidity during normal operation. Generally speaking, the working environment temperature of these equipment is 20℃ to 22℃, and the humidity is 40% to 70%.
If the environment is not suitable, these "squeamish" devices may "strike" in minutes.
If the simple tube of the X-ray equipment overheats, it will only need to wait for a while to return to normal; but if other components are damaged due to poor heat dissipation, then the work can only be stopped for maintenance, which sometimes even takes several weeks. This will seriously affect medical operations and bring more inconvenience to patients and staff.
works hard and is prone to "fever". In addition, when the working intensity of these devices increases, their own temperature will also increase. Especially in large domestic hospitals, equipment often rotates continuously and is used very intensively, generating more heat per unit time, making inspection equipment more likely to suffer from poor heat dissipation.
Therefore, for radiology examination rooms, the environmental management of the computer room is crucial. For this reason, a temperature- humidity meter is installed in the computer room, which allows technicians to observe and record the computer room environment. Once problems arise, handle them promptly to avoid equipment damage affecting patient examinations.
The air conditioner cannot be adjusted. It is recommended that patients wear more clothes. It seems that adjusting the temperature of the working environment is no longer feasible. To make the body temperature more comfortable, it is recommended that patients bring some thicker clothing to cope with the room temperature of around 20°C in the examination room when conducting these examinations in the hospital, especially the long-time magnetic resonance examination.
In addition, quilts are regularly provided in the examination room. According to the needs of the patient, technicians will use quilts to keep the patient warm during the examination.
Text/Zhao Yuqing (Peking University Third Hospital)
