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http://dx.doi.org/10.15682/jkiha.2016.22.4.97

Infection Control in Triage Space of Emergency Room: Based on Analysis of Healthcare Facility Standards  

Kim, Joong-gi (The Catholic University of Korea Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital)
Seo, Hyun-Bo (Department of Architecture, University of Seoul)
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Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture / v.22, no.4, 2016 , pp. 97-104 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Facilities for infection prevention according to the characteristics of the patients, caregivers and medical personnel are needed in the patient triage room of the emergency department as a space for the first medical examination and classification of the patients. This study focus on the patient tirage room with the highest frequency of use in the emergency department to prevent the hospital acquired infection of the emergency department. Methods:: This study analyzed the facilities standard needed for the infection prevention through interviews with the medical personnel and analyses on the facilities standard/cases of foreign hospitals and facilities standard at home and abroad Results: And based on this, it attempted to present improvement measures by analyzing the line of circulation and space used by infected patients in a hospital designated in the regional emergency medical center among hospitals whose emergency department overcrowding index is high. Implications: The facilities standard for the infection prevention among the courses for patient classification of the emergency medical centers could be identified and implemented to prevent infection.
Keywords
Emergency room; patient triage room; infectious disease; hospital;
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