ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2024
Describing the Role of a COVID Assessment Centre During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.
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Background: Little has been written about the role of COVID assessment centres set up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This descriptive study reviewed and compared COVID cases presenting to the Mount Sinai Hospital COVID assessment centre and emergency departments over a 4-month period at the start of the pandemic in 2020. Results: Of 185 COVID-positive presentations, 115 (62.2%) were assessed in the COVID assessment centre and 70 (37.8%) in the emergency department. Patients seen in the COVID assessment centre tended to be younger (mean age 33.5 years) than in the emergency department (mean age 51.8 years, Conclusions: The Mount Sinai COVID assessment centre assessed the majority of COVID cases early on in the pandemic at this site. While these were milder COVID infections, this decreased the overall number of COVID infections that might otherwise have needed to be seen in the emergency department.
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