Abstract
The recent outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has imposed challenges on the Chinese medical system. Not only the dramatically increasing number of infected cases and insufficient medical resources, but also the peoples' panic throughout the whole country have made medical services extremely difficult. To respond to these challenges effectively, our hospital implemented an urgent response strategy, including human resources and medical resources preparation and re-allocation, immediate fever screening, strict patient-visiting flow management, and reasonable information communication. Our experience and response measures could provide a reference for other hospitals in the current situation.
Highlights
The recent outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has imposed challenges on the Chinese medical system
On January 16, the hospital already initiated the preparation for epidemic prevention and control, including an emergency plan, organization of expert groups for medical treatment, epidemic monitoring, screening and triage, remote consultation, personnel training, personal protective equipment (PPE) reserves, and other detailed arrangements such as isolation wards extension, workflow, and patient path design
The epidemic situation changed dramatically, and authorities implemented a cordon sanitaire in Wuhan on January 23, 2020.4 According to various media reports, the local epidemic situation in Wuhan was almost out of control, and the medical resources related to the prevention and control of the epidemic were extremely scarce
Summary
The recent outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has imposed challenges on the Chinese medical system. On January 16, the hospital already initiated the preparation for epidemic prevention and control, including an emergency plan, organization of expert groups for medical treatment, epidemic monitoring, screening and triage, remote consultation, personnel training, personal protective equipment (PPE) reserves, and other detailed arrangements such as isolation wards extension, workflow, and patient path design.
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