ABSTRACT
To develop a quality control checklist for the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 ï¼COVID-19ï¼ in fever clinic and isolation ward of the general hospital and to assess its application. Based on the relevant prevention and control plans and technical guidelines for COVID-19ï¼Delphi method was used to identity items for evaluationï¼and a quality control checklist for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in the fever clinic and isolation ward was developed in Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital. The checklists included 8 dimensions and 32 items for fever clinicï¼7 dimensions and 27 items for the isolation ward. The appointed inspectors conducted daily quality control for each shift with this checklist. The expert authority coefficient was 0.88ï¼the mean of the importance of each index in the quality control table was not less than 4.8ï¼and the coefficient of variation was not more than 0.07. During the entire February 2020ï¼8 problems were found and rectified on-the-spot with the application of the checklist. Quality inspection rate was 100% in both isolation wards and fever clinic. The compliance rate and accuracy rate of hand hygiene were 100%; the correct rate of wearing and removing protective equipment increased from 96% to 100%. During the same periodï¼a total of 1915 patients were admitted to the fever clinicï¼including 191 suspected patients ï¼all were isolated in the hospitalï¼3 were confirmedï¼. There were no medical staff infected with COVID-19ï¼no cross infection of patients and their families in the hospital. A quality control checklist for the prevention and control of COVID-19 has been developed and applied in the isolation wards and fever clinicï¼which plays an important role in preventing nosocomial infection.