Strategies for children’s hospital in response to COVID-19 pandemic: perspective and practice at a designated pediatric hospital in Shanghai, China

摘要

The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2(SARS-CoV-2)has become a global pandemic[1-5].As of July 31,2020,there were 17,106,007 infected patients and 668,910 deaths worldwide[6,7].National protocols regarding COVID-19 issued by national-level agencies need to be revised in the field of pediatrics[8].From the perspective of hospital management,identitication and set-up of isolation wards and clinics,modification of workflow and processes,management of staff,allocation of medical resources,and formulation of clinical guidelines and protocols in infection prevention and control(IPC)were addressed as response measures to reduce the risk of transmission to healthcare workers and patients[9].In this paper we describe the strategies and practices implemented at the Children''s Hospital of Fudan University in response to this public health crisis.The strategy of response measures is shown in Supplementary Fig.1.