英文摘要 |
Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital (FEMH) launched two quarantine centers in New Taipei City to treat asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients in May 2021 due to an outbreak. The teams who were responsible for the quarantine centers included medical staffs for medical care, and nonmedical staffs for guarding and logistic support. The processes to establish these centers included resources management, protocol design, triage principle setup, ambulance control for patient transfer, and online virtual reality wards for the holistic care of patients. A total of 881 patients were sent to the quarantine centers. Among them, 820 (93.08%) patients were admitted to the center and 61 (6.92%) patients were transferred to the base hospital directly according to the triage criteria. Ninety-five (11.59%) patients were transferred to the hospital after admission due to clinical deterioration and 22 (2.68%) of these patients required intensive care. There were 725 patients discharged from the centers smoothly and the mortality of patients admitted to the quarantine centers was 0.24% (2/820). No in-center mortality of patients and none of the medical and nonmedical staffs had any infectious complications. It is feasible and safe to transform hotels into quarantine centers which play as the outposts of a three-tiered care system of hospital in COVID-19 pandemic. It can reduce the workload of hospital staffs and prevent burnout during the pandemic. |