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Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan has been on the forefront of efforts to manage and mitigate the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic since 20th January 2020. Despite having one of the largest and busiest emergency departments (EDs) in the world, we have managed to maintain a “zer...

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Autores principales: Seak, Chen-June, Liu, Ya-Tung, Ng, Chip-Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chang Gung University 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32792166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2020.06.002
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description Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan has been on the forefront of efforts to manage and mitigate the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic since 20th January 2020. Despite having one of the largest and busiest emergency departments (EDs) in the world, we have managed to maintain a “zero-infection” rate among our ED healthcare workers through various systematic approaches. The measures implemented include establishing a clear flowchart with route planning, strict infection control policies and regulation of medical equipment, and team-based segregation in the workplace. These strategies, borne of our experience during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, can complement a network of well-trained personnel to enable EDs around the world in successfully mounting an effective defense against new airborne illness while minimizing healthcare personnel casualties.
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spelling pubmed-72827552020-06-10 Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS Seak, Chen-June Liu, Ya-Tung Ng, Chip-Jin Biomed J Brief Communication Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan has been on the forefront of efforts to manage and mitigate the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic since 20th January 2020. Despite having one of the largest and busiest emergency departments (EDs) in the world, we have managed to maintain a “zero-infection” rate among our ED healthcare workers through various systematic approaches. The measures implemented include establishing a clear flowchart with route planning, strict infection control policies and regulation of medical equipment, and team-based segregation in the workplace. These strategies, borne of our experience during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, can complement a network of well-trained personnel to enable EDs around the world in successfully mounting an effective defense against new airborne illness while minimizing healthcare personnel casualties. Chang Gung University 2020-08 2020-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7282755/ /pubmed/32792166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2020.06.002 Text en © 2020 Chang Gung University. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS
title_full Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS
title_fullStr Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS
title_full_unstemmed Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS
title_short Rapid responses in the emergency department of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan effectively prevent spread of COVID-19 among healthcare workers of emergency department during outbreak: Lessons learnt from SARS
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32792166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2020.06.002
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