Effective strategies to prevent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in hospital

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. 2020 May;105(1):102-103.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.022. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Effective strategies to prevent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in hospital

I-K Lee¹, C-C Wang², M-C Lin³, C-T Kung⁴, K-C Lan⁵, C-T Lee⁶

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
² Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College, Tao-Yuan 330, Taiwan. Electronic address: ufel4996@ms26.hinet.net.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.

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PMCID: PMC7124248
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.022

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Effective strategies to prevent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in hospital

I-K Lee et al. J Hosp Infect. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;105(1):102-103.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.022. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Authors

I-K Lee¹, C-C Wang², M-C Lin³, C-T Kung⁴, K-C Lan⁵, C-T Lee⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
² Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University Medical College, Tao-Yuan 330, Taiwan. Electronic address: ufel4996@ms26.hinet.net.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan.

PMID: 32142886
PMCID: PMC7124248
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.022

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Infrared thermal camera scanning and screening of immigration data by national health insurance cards at hospital entrance (A); outdoor quarantine station at emergency department (B).

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[1] Zhu N., Zhang D., Wang W., Li X., Yang B., Song J. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:727–733. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Zhu N., Zhang D., Wang W., Li X., Yang B., Song J. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:727–733. - PMC - PubMed

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[6] Wang D., Hu B., Hu C., Zhu F., Liu X., Zhang J. Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China. JAMA. 2020 Feb 7 doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.1585. [Epub ahead of print] - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[8] Zou L., Ruan F., Huang M., Liang L., Huang H., Hong Z. SARS-CoV-2 viral load in upper respiratory specimens of infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 19 doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2001737. [Epub ahead of print] - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Liu J.W., Lu S.N., Chen S.S., Yang K.D., Lin M.C., Wu C.C. Epidemiologic study and containment of a nosocomial outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a medical center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27:466–472. - PubMed

[10] Liu J.W., Lu S.N., Chen S.S., Yang K.D., Lin M.C., Wu C.C. Epidemiologic study and containment of a nosocomial outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a medical center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27:466–472. - PubMed

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