id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-338493-ngvfz9dn Her, Minyoung Repurposing and reshaping of hospitals during the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea 2020-05-05 .txt text/plain 1102 57 47 During the extensive outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea, many strategies in the hospital setting, such as stratified patient care, the assignment of hospitals/beds by a task force team, and the establishment of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, dedicated COVID-19 emergency centers, COVID-19 community facilities, and respiratory care split hospitals, were adopted to mitigate community transmission and prevent nosocomial infection. Journal Pre-proof Stratified patient care directed by task force team and repurposing of treatment locations During the massive outbreak in Daegu, the epicenter of COVID-19 in South Korea, the shortage of beds would le d to patient deaths due to the lack of timely care. However, during the MERS outbreak, many strategies were devised that have been successfully adopted during the COVID-19 outbreak, such as the creation of task force teams for COVID-19, dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, dedicated COVID-19 emergency centers, COVID-19 community facilities, and respiratory care split hospitals. ./cache/cord-338493-ngvfz9dn.txt ./txt/cord-338493-ngvfz9dn.txt