Reorganising the emergency department to manage the COVID-19 outbreak.
Li Juan Joy QuahBoon Kiat Kenneth TanTzay-Ping FuaChoon Peng Jeremy WeeChin Siah LimGayathri NadarajanNur Diana ZakariaShi-En Joanna ChanPaul Weng WanLin Tess TeoYing Ying ChuaEvelyn WongAnantharaman VenkataramanPublished in: International journal of emergency medicine (2020)
With the large numbers of undifferentiated patients managed by the ED to date, more than 820 patients with COVID-19 have been identified in the hospital. Not a single member of the staff of the SGH Emergency Department has come down with the illness. The various measures undertaken by the department have helped to ensure good staff morale and strict adherence to safety procedures. We share the lessons learnt so that others who manage EDs around the world can benefit from our experience.