Management practices of emergency departments in general hospitals based on blockage of chain of infection during a COVID-19 epidemic.
Intern Emerg Med
; 15(8): 1545-1552, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-778052
ABSTRACT
In a Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, management of the emergency department is a difficult task in terms of prevention and control of the disease in general hospitals. On top of meeting urgent needs of patients for medical treatment, the emergency department also has to devote resources into investigation and prevention of COVID-19. At the beginning of the epidemic, with the strategy to intercept the chain of infection, Peking University First Hospital (PKUFH) focused on three important aspects controlling the source of infection, cutting off the route of transmission, and protecting vulnerable populations, to expeditiously draft scientific and proper management measures for the emergency department, followed by real-time dynamic adjustments based on the development trend of the epidemic. These measures effectively ensured a smooth, orderly and safe operation of the emergency department. As of the writing of this manuscript, there has been no active COVID-19 infection in patients and medical staff in the emergency department, and no infection in patients admitted to PKUFH through the emergency department. This study describes the prevention and control measures in the emergency department of PKUFH during the outbreak of COVID-19, aiming to provide some reference for domestic and international medical institutions.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Disease Transmission, Infectious
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Disease Management
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Emergency Service, Hospital
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Intern Emerg Med
Journal subject:
Emergency Medicine
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Internal Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11739-020-02499-6
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