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Impact of novel coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic in Italian pediatric emergency departments: a national survey
- Source :
- Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021), Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) has rapidly become a pandemic emergency, distressing health systems in each affected country. Preparation strategies for managing this pandemic have been keys to face the COVID-19 surge all over the world and all levels of care. Materials and Methods During the epidemic, the Italian society of pediatric emergency-urgency (SIMEUP) promoted a national survey aiming to evaluate preparedness and response of pediatric emergency departments (PED) critical in ensuring optimal management of COVID-19 cases. Results Our results suggest that Italian PED have promptly set a proactive approach to the present emergency. 98.9% of the hospitals have defined special pathways and assistive protocols concerning the management of pediatric COVID-19 cases. The highest percentage of application of the measures for preventive and protective for COVID-19 concerned the use of personal protective equipments. Conclusions Results show that the following measures for pediatric patients, admitted in PED, have been promptly implemented throughout the whole country: eg. use of protective devices, pre-triage of patients accessing the hospital. Despite COVID-19 being a new threat, we have shown that by developing an easy-to-follow decision algorithm and clear plans for the interventional platform teams, we can ensure optimal health care workers and patients’ safety.
- Subjects :
- Pediatric emergency
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Disease
COVID-19
healthcare workers
pediatric emergency
personal protective equipment
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Clinical Protocols
030225 pediatrics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Epidemiology
Pandemic
medicine
Surveys and Questionnaire
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Clinical Protocol
Child
Personal protective equipment
Infection Control
business.industry
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Research
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lcsh:Pediatrics
medicine.disease
Hospitalization
Italy
Preparedness
Healthcare worker
Medical emergency
Triage
business
Emergency Service, Hospital
Human
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021), Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dc55ffea4147fe7fd4837424646f8415