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ArticleThe American journal of emergency medicine2021

Strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission in the emergency department of a regional base hospital in Korea: From index patient until pandemic declaration.

Jong-Hak Park, Seong-Geun Lee, Sejoong Ahn, Joo Yeong Kim, Juhyun Song, Sungwoo Moon, Hanjin Cho

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Article in The American journal of emergency medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04834934 (Artificial Intelligence - SARS-CoV-2 Risk Evaluation), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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NCT04834934 completednot on this map

Artificial Intelligence - SARS-CoV-2 Risk Evaluation

TypeobservationalSponsorIRCCS San RaffaeleRan2020 to 2021Enrolled2,000ConditionsCovid19
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jong-Hak ParkDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Seong-Geun LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Sejoong AhnDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Joo Yeong KimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Juhyun SongDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Sungwoo MoonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea; National Emergency Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Hanjin ChoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: chohj327@korea.ac.kr.
Ansan University · KRKorea University · KRNational Medical Center · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aimed to describe the timely strategies used to prevent the spread of the emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and present the activities performed in a regional base hospital in South Korea, from the identification of the index patient until the pandemic declaration.

methodsThis is a descriptive study detailing the step-by-step guidelines implemented to manage COVID-19 in a regional tertiary base hospital from January to March 2020. We described our three-phase response to the COVID-19 outbreak as per the national and global quarantine procedures applied during each critical event and highlighted the activities implemented from the perspective of public health crisis preparedness involving emerging infectious diseases.

resultsDuring the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea, we improved and implemented a rapid and flexible screening system for visiting patients using patient history and radiological testing and created a separate isolation zone for patients under investigation. This active identification-isolation strategy has been effectively applied in the COVID-19 outbreak.

conclusionsThe step-by-step enforced strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19, though not perfect, adequately reduced the risk of transmission of the highly contagious infectious disease in the hospital while maintaining the emergency medical system.

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Guidelines as TopicPandemicsCOVID-19Disease Transmission, InfectiousEmergency Service, HospitalHumansRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Tertiary Care CentersCOVID-19Disease outbreaksEmergency serviceInfection controlQuarantine

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PMID33059986
PMCPMC7378011
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