The role of triage in the prevention and control of COVID-19.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 41(7): 772-776, 2020 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2286114
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To prevent and control public health emergencies, we set up a prescreening and triage workflow and analyzed the effects on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).METHODS:
In accordance with the requirements of the level 1 emergency response of public health emergencies in Shaanxi Province, China, a triage process for COVID-19 was established to guide patients through a 4-level triage process during their hospital visits. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was based on positive COVID-19 nucleic acid testing according to the unified triage standards of the Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Trial version 4),4 issued by the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China.RESULTS:
The screened rate of suspected COVID-19 was 1.63% (4 of 246) in the general fever outpatient clinic and 8.28% (13 of 157) in the COVID-19 outpatient clinic, and they showed a significant difference (P = .00).CONCLUSIONS:
The triage procedure effectively screened the patients and identified the high-risk population.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Triage
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Nursing
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Epidemiology
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Hospitals
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ice.2020.185
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