Buffer areas in emergency department to handle potential COVID-19 community infection in Taiwan

Affiliations

¹ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan.
² Changhua Christian Hospital, Center for Infection Prevention and Control, Changhua City, Taiwan.
³ Changhua Christian Hospital, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taiwan.
⁴ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua City, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: H6213.lac@gmail.com.

Tren-Yi Chen et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug:36:101635.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101635. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

¹ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan.
² Changhua Christian Hospital, Center for Infection Prevention and Control, Changhua City, Taiwan.
³ Changhua Christian Hospital, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taiwan.
⁴ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua City, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁶ Changhua Christian Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Changhua City, Taiwan; Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chung Shan Medical University, School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: H6213.lac@gmail.com.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Community infection; Coronavirus; Emergency medicine.

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