Guidance for building a dedicated health facility to contain the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.

This article describes elements of design of such unit (e.g., space, infection control, waste disposal, safety of healthcare workers, partners to be involved in design and plan) which can be adapted to the context of either a new construction or makeshift construction on top of an existing structure. In view of a potential epidemic of COVID-19, specific requirements to handle it are also given.
PMID: 32362643 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Indian Journal of Medical Research - January 31, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Agarwal A, Nagi N, Chatterjee P, Sarkar S, Mourya D, Sahay RR, Bhatia R Tags: Indian J Med Res Source Type: research