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. 2020 Jun;75(6):785-787.
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Fight COVID-19 Beyond the Borders: Emergency Department Patient Diversion in Taiwan

Wan-Ching Lien  1 , Jhong-Lin Wu  2 , Wen-Pin Tseng  1 , Patrick Chow-In Ko  1 , Shey-Ying Chen  1 , Min-Shan Tsai  1 , Wei-Tien Chang  1 , Chien-Hua Huang  1 , Shyr-Chyr Chen  1
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Fight COVID-19 Beyond the Borders: Emergency Department Patient Diversion in Taiwan

Wan-Ching Lien et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Jun.
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Flow of patients with a history of travel, occupation, cluster, and contact (arrows). A, Red squares represent the pretriage unit and the special clinics, possible contaminated areas. Yellow rectangles represent doors. Area C denotes the critical and resuscitation area. Area M denotes the area for medical patients. Area T denotes the area for trauma patients. Dashed lines depict patient traffic (special clinic 1) to the ward. B, The entrance to special clinics 2 and 3 and tent A. SC, Special clinic.
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