Abstract
We describe a care delivery model in which one hospital in a larger health system was dedicated exclusively to treatment of COVID-19 patients. This allowed for rapid training, conservation of resources and promoted safety of healthcare workers, demonstrated by no healthcare worker exposures due to improper personal protective equipment use.
Highlights
BayPark Hospital (BPH), a 77-bed acute-care hospital, was designated as the COVID-19 hospital for the ProMedica system, a 13-hospital system in lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio that included 1,472 inpatient beds
No symptomatic cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred among healthcare workers (HCWs) at BPH, and no employees reported exposures to patients due to lack of or improper protective equipment (PPE) use
We implemented strategies to conserve PPE early on and developed expertise in recognition of COVID-19, including less common symptoms later reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[7]
Summary
BayPark Hospital (BPH), a 77-bed acute-care hospital, was designated as the COVID-19 hospital for the ProMedica system, a 13-hospital system in lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio that included 1,472 inpatient beds. This approach preserved other ProMedica hospitals for care of non–COVID-19 patients. Patients requiring hospitalization presenting to other ProMedica hospitals with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 were transferred to BPH, and those presenting to BPH not suspected of having COVID-19 were transferred out
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