Buffer areas in emergency department to handle potential COVID-19 community infection in Taiwan

Dear Editor: COVID-19 patients and other respiratory tract infection victims are often indistinguishable, and there is the concern of asymptomatic persons capable of disease transmission [1]. Intermediate risk patients have history taken and portable X-ray obtained of needed at area B. Patients with...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2020-07, Vol.36, p.101635-101635, Article 101635
Main Authors: Chen, Tren-Yi, Lai, Huei-Wen, Hou, I-Lun, Lin, Ching-Hsiung, Chen, Mu-Kuan, Chou, Chu-Chung, Lin, Yan-Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Community infection
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Disease transmission
Emergency medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital
Environment Design
Fever
Health risks
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Pandemics - prevention & control
Patient Isolation
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Respiratory tract
Risk Assessment
SARS-CoV-2
Symptoms
Taiwan - epidemiology
Travel medicine
Ventilation
Ventilators
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Summary:Dear Editor: COVID-19 patients and other respiratory tract infection victims are often indistinguishable, and there is the concern of asymptomatic persons capable of disease transmission [1]. Intermediate risk patients have history taken and portable X-ray obtained of needed at area B. Patients with undetermined risk of infection would wait, be inspected and treated at Area C. If respiratory sampling is required, intervention will be done in the isolation room. Risk of infection Requirements High Fever or respiratory tract symptoms AND 1 of the followings in recent 14 days:1.Travel to highly endemic areaa2.Had direct contact with confirmed cases3.Had direct contact with other patient with fever or respiratory tract symptoms who came back from highly endemic area Intermediate Fever or respiratory tract symptoms and any travel history to foreign countries but not highly endemic area.
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101635