Open AccessExperience of resources management on coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic at a tertiary medical center in Northern Taiwan
Author(s) -
Kai-Ping Lan,
Yueh-Shuang Hsu,
Ching-I Chang,
Pi-Ching Wei,
Ti-Gen Guo,
David Hung-Tsang Yen,
TehFu Hsu,
Yuann-Meei Tzeng,
Jin-Lain Ming
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000527
Subject(s) - medicine , personal protective equipment , contact tracing , pandemic , health care , infection control , disease , workforce , quarantine , emerging infectious disease , medical emergency , coronavirus , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes infectious symptoms including fever, cough, respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, and even loss of smell/taste and to date had caused 489 000 people to be infected with 32 000 deaths. This article aims to develop some strategies in dealing with the COVID-19 epidemic to prevent nosocomial infection and ensure the safety of healthcare workforce and employees.