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Part One Prevention and Control Management: I. Isolation Area Management

This document provides guidelines for managing isolation areas and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare facilities. It recommends setting up a separate fever clinic with clearly demarcated zones to separate contaminated, potentially contaminated, and clean areas. Medical personnel should strictly follow procedures for putting on and removing protective equipment between zones. The isolation area should include examination rooms, a lab, observation room, and resuscitation room separated from general patients. Those with epidemiological risk factors or respiratory symptoms should be separated from regular fever patients. Basic protocols like masks and limiting waiting time are also outlined to prevent overcrowding and cross-infection.

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Part One Prevention and Control Management: I. Isolation Area Management

This document provides guidelines for managing isolation areas and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare facilities. It recommends setting up a separate fever clinic with clearly demarcated zones to separate contaminated, potentially contaminated, and clean areas. Medical personnel should strictly follow procedures for putting on and removing protective equipment between zones. The isolation area should include examination rooms, a lab, observation room, and resuscitation room separated from general patients. Those with epidemiological risk factors or respiratory symptoms should be separated from regular fever patients. Basic protocols like masks and limiting waiting time are also outlined to prevent overcrowding and cross-infection.

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1 Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment

Part One Prevention and


Control Management
I. Isolation Area Management

Fever Clinic

1.1 Layout
(1) Healthcare facilities shall set up a relatively independent fever clinic including an
exclusive one-way passage at the entrance of the hospital with a visible sign;
(2) The movement of people shall follow the principle of “three zones and two passag-
es”: a contaminated zone, a potentially contaminated zone and a clean zone provided
and clearly demarcated, and two buffer zones between the contaminated zone and the
potentially contaminated zone;
(3) An independent passage shall be equipped for contaminated items; set up a visual
region for one-way delivery of items from an office area (potentially contaminated zone) to
an isolation ward (contaminated zone);
(4) Appropriate procedures shall be standardized for medical personnel to put on and take
off their protective equipment. Make flowcharts of different zones, provide full-length
mirrors and observe the walking routes strictly;
(5) Infection prevention and control technicians shall be assigned to supervise the medical
personnel on putting on and removing protective equipment so as to prevent contamination;
(6) All items in the contaminated zone that have not been disinfected shall not be removed.

1.2 Zone Arrangement


(1) Set up an independent examination room, a laboratory, an observation room, and a
resuscitation room;
(2) Set up a pre-examination and triage area to perform preliminary screening of patients;
(3) Separate diagnosis and treatment zones: those patients with an epidemiological history
and fever and/or respiratory symptoms shall be guided into a suspected COVID-19 patient
zone; those patients with regular fever but no clear epidemiological history shall be guided
into a regular fever patient zone.

1.3 Patient Management


(1) Patients with fevers must wear medical surgical masks;
(2) Only patients are allowed to enter the waiting area in order to avoid overcrowding;
(3) The duration of the patient’s visit shall be minimized so as to avoid cross infections;
(4) Educate patients and their families about early identification of symptoms and essential
preventative actions.

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