Emergency centre reorganization in preparation to the COVID-19 pandemic: A district hospital’s dynamic adaptation response
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Emergency centre reorganization in preparation to the COVID-19 pandemic: A district hospital’s dynamic adaptation response | |
| Creator | Furstenburg, Phillip P. Mukonkole, Suzan N. Kibamba, Crispin N. Kuiler, Ashley Ngemntu, Nondumiso Lahri, Sa’ad van Hoving, Daniël J. Moodley, Kitesh Erasmus, Elaine | |
| Description | The COVID-19 global pandemic forced healthcare facilities to put special isolation measures in place to limit nosocomial transmission. Cohorting is such a measure and refers to placing infected patients (or under investigation) together in a designated area. This report describes the physical reorganisation of the emergency centre at Khayelitsha Hospital, a district level hospital in Cape Town, South Africa in preparation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The preparation included the identification of a person under investigation (PUI) room, converting short stay wards into COVID-19 isolation areas, and relocating the paediatric section to an area outside the emergency centre. Finally, we had to divide the emergency centre into a respiratory and non-respiratory side by utilising part of the hospital’s main reception. We are positive that the preparation and reorganization of the emergency centre will limit nosocomial transmission during the expected COVID-19 surge. Our experience in adapting to COVID-19 may have useful implications for ECs throughout South Africa and in low-and-middle income countries that are preparing for this pandemic. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2020-09-16 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v12i1.2514 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 12, No 1 (2020); 5 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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