Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec;10(1):998-1001. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1931467.
The designated hospitals are another health approach besides Fangcang shelter hospitals and newly built temporary hospitals for responding to COVID-19 epidemic in China. Faced with the emergency situation, about 1512 hospitals from 363 cities have been designated in China to tackle the spread of COVID-19. They were local hospitals repurposed by the Chinese government as a regional public health response. Their comprehensive services mainly include: "fever-clinics" to screen patients, COVID-19 department for higher-levels of medical care, and makeshift wards for emergencies. As the only COVID-19 designated hospital in Shanghai, we documented three characters (Centralized response and action system, Comprehensive functions, Closed-Loop Management System) and three strategies (Resource allocation, Prevention of nosocomial infection, Management during the post-COVID-19 pandemic stage) from the experience in responding to COVID-19 pandemic. Lastly, learning the lessons from COVID-19 pandemic, a more efficacy and rapid national response to public health emergencies is required. Serving as an essential component of public health system, the COVID-19-designated hospitals should be always prepared for future emergencies.
指定医院是中国应对 COVID-19 疫情的方舱医院和新建临时医院之外的另一种医疗方法。面对紧急情况，中国约有 363 个城市的 1512 家医院被指定用于应对 COVID-19 的传播。这些医院是中国政府重新利用的当地医院，作为区域公共卫生应对措施。它们的综合服务主要包括：“发热门诊”筛查患者、COVID-19 科室提供更高层次的医疗护理，以及临时病房应对紧急情况。作为上海唯一的 COVID-19 指定医院，我们从应对 COVID-19 疫情的经验中记录了三个特点（集中响应和行动系统、综合功能、闭环管理系统）和三个策略（资源配置、预防医院感染、COVID-19 疫情后期管理）。最后，从 COVID-19 疫情中吸取教训，需要建立更有效和更快速的国家公共卫生应急响应机制。作为公共卫生系统的重要组成部分，COVID-19 指定医院应随时为未来的紧急情况做好准备。
