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Preparations of Dutch emergency departments for the COVID-19 pandemic: a questionnaire-based study

2021-04-16 emergency medicine Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was characterized by rapidly increasing patient volumes, which necessitated a swift emergency department (ED) overhaul. Challenges mainly concerned surge capacity, frontline staff protection and the segregation of patients with suspected COVID-19. To date, only few studies have assessed nation-wide ED preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to form an overview of preparations that were taken in Dutch EDs during the initial phase of th...

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