Abstract: The study was carried out to determine the effect of corona Virus (COVID-19) on the performance of medical imaging technology technicians in some selected hospital of Rivers State. A descriptive cross sectional survey was used to determine the relationship between Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) and the performance of medical imaging technicians and to ascertain effect of Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) on the patient turn-up. To ascertain the effect of corona Virus (COVID-19) on performance of imaging technology technicians before, during and after the pandemic period. From the findings, it was observed that the turn-up of patients before and after the outbreak of the pandemic in the research area was very high in 2019 (120/100) and 2021(90/100) respectively compared to the year 2020 the year of the outbreak that recorded a very low turn-up of (9/30), that affected the services of the imaging technology technician as well as the hospital. In conclusion, it was recommended that i: every individual including the medical imaging technology technicians should have adequate knowledge of the disease and its precautionary measures, ii: there should be availability of Information and Communication technology centers where everyone can easily be able to reach their Care-givers iii) the medical Imaging Technology technicians should be well trained on how to use other modalities especially ICT tools to access and interact with patients in remote locations in periods and cases as this.
Keywords: Covid-19, Performance, Effect, Imaging Technology technician.
Title: THE EFFECT OF LACK OF RELEVANT ICT TOOL KNOWLEDGE, ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICIANS IN SOME SELECTED HOSPITALS IN RIVERS STATE DURING THE CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) PERIOD.
Author: Dr. EGBA IFEANYICHUKWU
Volume 10, Issue 2, April 2022-June 2022
Page: 12-20
Published Date: 07-April-2022
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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