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KMID : 1142920200040010008
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Public Health Affairs
2020 Volume.4 No. 1 p.8 ~ p.8
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How to respond when COVID-19 invades a children’s hospital: lessons from Asan Medical Centre in Korea
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Joo Sae-Kyung
Kim Ho-Jun
Lee Jin-Yong
Kim Tae-Shik
Yang Jin-Sun
Lee Jun-Hyung
Lee Dong-Seok
Lee Jae-Kyung
Oh Bum-Jo
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Abstract
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Objective: Since December 2019, we have been experiencing a COVID-19 pandemic, and local community infections in Korea are on the rise. In particular, places where large numbers of people gather are prone to COVID-19 infections; therefore, howwe confront COVID-19 isimportantin those placessuch as hospitals,schools, and gyms. Thisstudy aimed to share lessonsfrom the experience of COVID-19 in the paediatric ward of Asan Medical Centre.
Methods: We used epidemiologic data and contract tracing data to investigate the coping process in Asan Medical Center.
Results: A paediatric patient with confirmed COVID-19 was hospitalized, and the patient and her guardianswere placed under cohort quarantine. Subsequently, another guardian in the hospital diagnosedwith COVID-19, and asthe quarantine lengthened, people complained. Those under quarantine were released without additionalspread.
Conclusions: Confirmed casesin paediatric wards have distinct characteristic, and should be handled with caution.
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KEYWORD
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SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Healthcare workers, Paediatric patients
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