id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-316829-wm6y6uwm Vargas, Maria Logistic and organizational aspects of a dedicated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients 2020-05-18 .txt text/plain 899 60 58 Logistic and organizational aspects of a dedicated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients Maria Vargas 1* , Giuseppe De Marco 1 , Stefania De Simone 2 and Giuseppe Servillo 1 Dear Editor, On 31 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 750,890 confirmed globally confirmed cases of COVID-19 [1] . 1. The most experienced ICU physician is the work shift coordinator and stays in the green area to control the compliance of the staff with the procedures and to check the patients from the centralized monitoring area. 4. The nursing and medical staff performed the first entry in the ICU boxes and stay inside for 4 h. According to our experience, a simple logistic project and clear organizational plan may be the keys to the success of surging the ICU capacity with dedicated facilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lower box-organization of ICU dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The green area inside the ICU is a clean zone where the medical and nursing staff may stay during the 12-h shift. ./cache/cord-316829-wm6y6uwm.txt ./txt/cord-316829-wm6y6uwm.txt