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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

01-12-2020 | Editorial

Critical care response to a hospital outbreak of the 2019-nCoV infection in Shenzhen, China

Authors: Yong Liu, Jinxiu Li, Yongwen Feng

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Beginning at early December 2019, there is an outbreak of a novel 2019-nCoV in Wuhan, China. Then, Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) was declared on 30 January 2020, by the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee. The 2019-nCoV pandemic could lead to an influx of critically ill into the already strained hospital systems in mainland China. Dealing with the pandemic requires a robust hospital- and city-wide command and control structure that could make quick and informed decisions among Chinese hospitals. We recommend that a proper plan can enable the local government, healthcare systems, hospitals, and healthcare workers to better cope with such public eventuality. The response should be flexible and adjustable according to the size of the population impacted. …
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Metadata
Title
Critical care response to a hospital outbreak of the 2019-nCoV infection in Shenzhen, China
Authors
Yong Liu
Jinxiu Li
Yongwen Feng
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2786-x

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