• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.627-632
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• 2005

The severe acute respiratory syndrome -SARS virus spreaded rapidly in Asia in 2003 caused a lethal and serious epidemic. Establishing special isolation wards of high-level epidemic prevention has becomes one of the most important tasks of epidemic prevention. Taking the biosafety level of US CDC biology laboratory as an example, the laboratory of the highest level, BL4 and that of the second high level, BL3 are only allowed to handle and research this kind of highly dangerous viruses safely, to ensure the safety of researchers and the surrounding environment.This research aims to study the functions and the design requirements of "special isolation wards", which is equivalent to the high-level biotechnology laboratory, and have an integrated discussion about the design and construction techniques of this kind of wards, expecting to provide a reference for constructing special isolation wards and maintaining operation safely in Taiwan.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.45-56
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• 2016

Purpose: The MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreaks in Korea highlighted dramatically the failings of traditional hospital environment for controlling or preventing infections among both patients and healthcare workers. MERS is transmitted by droplets that can be airborne over a limited area. The point should be emphasized that MERS in South Korea was predominantly a hospital-acquired (not a community-acquired) infection, because approximately 93% of MERS cases were resulted from exposure in hospital settings. This paper tries to suggest the design guidelines of negative pressured isolation ward for the sake of proper control of severe respiratory infectious diseases. Methods: Literature survey on the design guideline and regulations of airborne infection wards in Korea, Europe U.K. and CDC of U.S. have been carries out. 4 special infection wards in Hongkong, Germany, Japan and Korea have been surveyed in order to make the best use of the experiences related to facility design and operations. Results: Operating system influencing the facility design, space organizations of infectious ward including required space and zoning, and circulations of patients, staffs and materials are proposed. Implications: The results of this paper can be the basic data for the design of the airborne infection ward and relevant regulations. Afterwards in-depth study such as the development of space standards for the single bedroom, locker room and so on could be explored.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.75-84
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• 2009

In this paper, the EPC Network as the most important technologies in the field of applied technology research and special attention to the use of RFID to better manage the disease in infected U-MAS (U-Medical Administrative Services) system was designed. U-MAS system, the Center for Disease Control in the illness, depending on the type of isolate and treat infected patients, recovery, discharge, isolation wards and intensive italian to manage and increase efficiency, manual and use a simple computer program improve the qualify of the current level, using RFID tags to improve the management of the patient everything that a little more and be out of the isolation ward, if competent disease management districts, such as the location to respond more quickly to facilitate the purpose is to contribute to. First, EPC Network and related technology for mobile RFID systems and related technology research. U-MAS system design offers. If you take advantage of the proposed U-MAS system for monitoring infectious disease patients and patients in the isolation ward, when the unauthorized departure location to shorten the time it takes to improve the effectiveness of disease management and present the elected effects was.