COVID-19 outbreak impact on health professionals: A survey on the Italian radiographer experience

•The clinical practice, to implement dedicated protocols for serious infections.•To include frontline HCW in guidelines or recommendations proposals.•To enable HCW to work with full awareness. To evaluate the impact of the Phase 1 COVID-19 (C19) outbreak on Italian Radiographers. COVID-19 has spread rapidly worldwide. Many patients underwent radiological examinations, leading to a high risk of infection within the radiology department's staff. Italy was the first-hit European country to face the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact on radiographers was huge. An online survey was disseminated to investigate the involvement and working environment of Italian radiographers during the first outbreak of COVID-19. Of the 840 responders, 65% were men. The majority of the responding Health-care Workers (HCW) was represented by radiographers (96%), from high-prevalence regions (82%; p