Preparedness and Response to the COVID-19 Emergency: Experience from the Teaching Hospital of Pisa, Italy.
Angelo BaggianiSilvia BrianiGrazia LuchiniMauro GiraldiCarlo MilliAlfonso CristaudoLucia TrilliniLorenzo RossiStefano GaffiGiovanni CeccantiMaria Carola MartinoFederica MarchettiMarinella PardiFabio EscatiMonica ScateniSimona FrangioniAntonella CiucciGuglielmo ArzilliDaniele SironiFrancesco MariottiniFrancesca PapiniVirginia CasiglianiGiuditta ScardinaGiacomo VisiCostanza BisordiTommaso MariottiGiulia GemignaniBeatrice CasiniAndrea Davide PorrettaLara TavoschiMichele TotaroGaetano Pierpaolo PriviteraPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
In Italy, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency took hold in Lombardy and Veneto at the end of February 2020 and spread unevenly among the other regions in the following weeks. In Tuscany, the progressive increase of hospitalized COVID-19 patients required the set-up of a regional task force to prepare for and effectively respond to the emergency. In this case report, we aim to describe the key elements that have been identified and implemented in our center, a 1082-bed hospital located in the Pisa district, to rapidly respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in order to guarantee safety of patients and healthcare workers.