COVID-19疫情中防疫旅館與醫院之無縫接軌

Integration of Quarantine Hotels and Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic

台北市在2021年5月上旬爆發新冠疫情，北市各醫療院所的急診室與加護病房不堪負荷。北市府與旅宿業者合作，將飯店改裝成收治輕症確診者的加強型防疫旅館。此外，北市聯醫的各院區也與這些加強型旅館合作照顧照顧住民並且協助將病情惡化者後送到醫院。本文回顧2021年北市疫情最嚴峻期間，筆者所管理的兩所專責加強型防疫旅館，在中興院區進駐前後，住民安全後送醫院的差異。結果顯示，在中興院區醫師群進駐專責旅館之後，旅館住民所受的照護顯著改善，病情轉危後的轉院機制也更形暢通。本文的結論，旅館與醫院的密切結合，才能確保居隔住民的身心安全。

The coronavirus infections outbroke in Taipei since middle of May, 2021. Emergency rooms and intensive care units of hospitals in Taipei were soon overwhelmed by COVID-19 confirmed cases. Several hotels cooperated with Taipei city government to be converted to forced quarantine hotels for admitted COVID-19 mild patients. Besides, branches of Taipei City Hospital cooperated with these hotels to take care of residents and help to transfer them to hospitals if their condition deteriorating. This literature reviewed the difference between the numbers of confirmed cases transferred safely from the two forced quarantine hotels managed by the author to hospitals during the worst period of the epidemic in 2021, before and after the doctors of Zhongxing Branch of Taipei City Hotel stationing in the hotels. Better result was demonstrated after doctors stationing in the hotel, including more delicate medical care for residents and more smooth the processes of transferring deteriorated residents to hospitals. Conclusion, the safe quarantine in hotel relying on the close cooperation between hotels and hospitals.