Challenges and issues about organizing a hospital to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak: experience from a French reference centre

N Peiffer-Smadja¹, J-C Lucet², G Bendjelloul³, L Bouadma⁴, S Gerard⁵, C Choquet⁶, S Jacques⁷, A Khalil⁸, P Maisani⁹, E Casalino⁶, D Descamps¹⁰, J-F Timsit⁴, Y Yazdanpanah¹, F-X Lescure¹¹

Affiliations

¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France.
² Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
³ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁴ Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁵ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁶ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Emergency Department, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁷ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁸ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Radiology, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Direction, F-75018, Paris, France.
¹⁰ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Virology, F-75018, Paris, France.
¹¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France. Electronic address: xavier.lescure@aphp.fr.

PMID: 32278082
PMCID: PMC7141639
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.002

Challenges and issues about organizing a hospital to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak: experience from a French reference centre

N Peiffer-Smadja et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;26(6):669-672.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

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Affiliations

¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France.
² Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
³ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁴ Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁵ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁶ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Emergency Department, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁷ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁸ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Radiology, F-75018, Paris, France.
⁹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Direction, F-75018, Paris, France.
¹⁰ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Virology, F-75018, Paris, France.
¹¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France. Electronic address: xavier.lescure@aphp.fr.

PMID: 32278082
PMCID: PMC7141639
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.002

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Keywords: COVID-19; Emerging infectious diseases; Health systems; Infection prevention and control; Preparedness; Resilience.

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