| Literature DB >> 32518133 |
Abigail S Brown1, Fredric M Hustey2, Anita J Reddy3.
Abstract
Hospital-to-hospital transportation of patients in the COVID-19 era presents unique challenges to ensuring the safety of both patients and health care providers. Crucial factors to address include having adequate supplies of protective equipment and ensuring their appropriate use, defining patient care procedures during transport, and decontamination post-transport. Transport vehicles need to have adequate physical space, an isolated driver compartment, NS HEPA filtration of air. Having a standardized intake process can help identify patients who would benefit from transport to another facility.Entities:
Year: 2020 PMID: 32518133 DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc045
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cleve Clin J Med ISSN: 0891-1150 Impact factor: 2.321