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Transforming a General Hospital to an Infectious Disease Hospital for COVID-19 Over 2 Weeks.
Pandey, Navin; Kaushal, Vipin; Puri, Goverdhan Dutt; Taneja, Sunil; Biswal, Manisha; Mahajan, Pranay; Guru, Rashmi Ranjan; Malhotra, Pankaj; Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh; Dhooria, Sahajal; Muthu, Valliappan; Agarwal, Ritesh.
  • Pandey N; Department of Hospital Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Kaushal V; Department of Hospital Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Puri GD; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Taneja S; Department of Hepatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Biswal M; Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Mahajan P; Department of Hospital Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Guru RR; Department of Hospital Administration, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Malhotra P; Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Sehgal IS; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Dhooria S; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Muthu V; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
  • Agarwal R; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Front Public Health ; 8: 382, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-732829
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Pandemics like the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 can cause a significant strain on the healthcare system. Healthcare organizations must be ready with their contingency plans for managing many patients with contagious infectious disease. Ideally, every large hospital should have a facility that can function as a high-level isolation unit. An isolation unit ensures that the healthcare staff and the hospital are equipped to deal with infectious disease outbreaks. Unfortunately, such facilities do not exist in several hospitals, especially in resource-limited settings. In such a scenario, healthcare setups need to convert their existing general structure into an infectious disease facility. Herein, we describe our experience in transforming a general hospital into a functional infectious disease isolation unit.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Hospitals, General Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2020.00382

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 / Hospitals, General Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2020.00382