Triaging patients in the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus
Guoqing Huang, Weiqian Zeng, Wenbo Wang, Yanmin Song, Xiaoye Mo, Jia Li, Ping Wu, Ruolong Wang, Fangyi Zhou, Jing Wu, Bin Yi, Zeng Xiong, Lu Zhou, Fanqi Wang, Yangjing Tian, Wenbao Hu, Xia Xu, Ruonan Zhai, Kai Yuan, Xiangmin Li, Xinjian Qiu, Jian Qiu, Aimin Wang
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.13.20035212
Abstract
In the end of 2019, the epidemic of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in Wuhan and spread rapidly. Changsha, a city located south to the epicenter, was soon impacted. To control the transmission of the coronavirus and avoid nosocomial infection, triage procedures based on epidemiology were implemented in a local hospital of the city. This retrospective study analyzed the data collected during the triage period and found that COVID-19 patients were enriched seven folds into the Section A designated for rapid detection and quarantine. On the other side, roughly triple amounts of visits were received at the Section B for patients without obvious epidemiological history.
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