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KMID : 1143420160090511040
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Public Health Weekly Report
2016 Volume.9 No. 51 p.1040 ~ p.1043
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[Smart Quarantine System using ICT
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Yoon Jung-Hwan
Son Tae-Jong
Kim Eun-Ho
Hong Sung-Jin
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BACKGROUND: Due to the increase in travel and trade among countries, the number of overseas arrivals doubled in the past 10 years. As a result, the possibility of spreading emerging infectious diseases among countries is increasing. The objective of this study was to establish a quarantine system in Korea which utilized the computerized information system called Smart Quarantine System to improve the traditional quarantine system focused on the fever monitoring system.
METHODOLOGY/RESULTS: The Smart Quarantine frame-work was based on the information and communication technology (ICT) system that gathered information on arrivals from countries where infectious diseases have occurred and shared this information with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, telecommunication companies and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The Smart Quarantine System monitored the health of those who arrived in the country during the incubation period of the infectious diseases. In particular, the KCDC will establish the world’s first advanced national quarantine system utilizing roaming data of overseas arrivals from countries at risk of infectious diseases.
CONCLUSION: Overall, the operation of the smart quarantine system enabled the early recognition of cases of infectious diseases coming from overseas, thereby, contributed to the prevention of an outbreak of emerging infectious diseases.
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