1. Construction of a non-contact community treatment centre for asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author
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Yeon Jeong Jeong, Si-Hyun Kim, Mi Sun Choi, Shin Young Lee, Ji Hye Park, Sang Yong Kim, and Youn Jeong Kim
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Male ,Isolation (health care) ,Epidemiology ,030106 microbiology ,Vital signs ,Hospitals, Community ,Asymptomatic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Pandemic ,Republic of Korea ,Medicine ,Infection control ,Short Paper ,Humans ,Hospital Design and Construction ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Personal protective equipment ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Risk of infection ,COVID-19 ,infection prevention ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Self-Care Units ,Infectious Diseases ,Quarantine ,Female ,Medical emergency ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
The explosive outbreak of COVID-19 led to a shortage of medical resources, including isolation rooms in hospitals, healthcare workers (HCWs) and personal protective equipment. Here, we constructed a new model, non-contact community treatment centres to monitor and quarantine asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients who recorded their own vital signs using a smartphone application. This new model in Korea is useful to overcome shortages of medical resources and to minimise the risk of infection transmission to HCWs.
- Published
- 2021