id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-311926-n7co0jtu Donà, Daniele COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspective of an Italian Tertiary Care Pediatric Center 2020-09-01 .txt text/plain 3176 132 51 Predicting a rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within our region, the Department for Women's and Children's Health promptly decided (i) to revise the distribution of the clinical areas in order to create both designated COVID-19 and COVID-19-free areas with their own access, (ii) to reinforce infection prevention control (IPC) measures for all healthcare workers and administrative staff and (iii) to adopt the new "double-gate approach": a phone call pre-triage and nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 detection before the admission of all patients and caregivers. • to ensure the protection of the healthcare workers, as the top priority; • to rigorously implement all the conventional rules emanated by the WHO for preventing the infection • to minimize the risk of admitting into hospital asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patients; • to adapt/transform some hospital areas in order to be able to admit and treat suspected/confirmed; COVID-19 pediatric patients Predicting a rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within our region, in the afternoon of February 24th the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Padua University Hospital called for an emergency meeting with all the department chairmen and the mandates received were: ./cache/cord-311926-n7co0jtu.txt ./txt/cord-311926-n7co0jtu.txt