Quantitative evaluation of the role of Fangcang shelter hospitals in the control of Omicron transmission: A case study of the outbreak in Shanghai, China in 2022

Wang, Shengtao; Li, Li; Zhang, Juan; Li, Yong; Luo, Xiaofeng; Sun, Gui‐Quan

doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100475

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“…Therefore, transforming the National Convention and Exhibition Center into a Fangcang shelter hospital by equipping it with the necessary tools and health professionals to receive patients also meets the expectations of government administrators and DMs. Relevant studies have shown that the Fangcang shelter hospitals built during the epidemic in Shanghai, especially the transformation of the National Convention and Exhibition Center, played an essential role in curbing the epidemic 57 .…”

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Research on the location decision-making method of emergency medical facilities based on WSR

Wang,

Luo,

2023

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The need for emergency medical services increased drastically during disaster relief. Poor location selection of emergency medical facilities may harm the interests of healthcare workers and patients, leading to unnecessary waste of costs. It involves multiple stakeholders' interests, a typical multi-criteria decision-making problem. Based on multiple-criteria decision-making technology, most current location selection decisions methods comprehensively consider the evaluation criteria of "issue" and "problem" simultaneously and establish mathematical models to achieve the results. Such methods are difficult to take into account the influence of different attribute factors on the final location selection results in practice. Therefore, in this study, we used the WSR methodology as a guide to divide the factors of location selection into "Wuli", "Shili" and "Renli", and proposed the WSR methodology-based multi-criteria decision‐making (MCDM) framework for selecting the appropriate location for emergency medical facilities. The integrated framework consists of the Entropy Weight Method, Best–Worst Method, and interval type‐2 fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methodologies. Combined with the comparative analysis of actual cases, the results under the guidance of this framework were consistent with practicalities. Also, the sensitivity analysis showed that the location selection ranking fluctuations were not apparent with the fluctuation of criteria weights. Wherefore, the validation of the proposed method's effectiveness, feasibility, and robustness was proved, which provided a valuable reference for the location selection of emergency medical facilities.

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Research on the location decision-making method of emergency medical facilities based on WSR

Wang,

Luo,

2023

Sci Rep

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“…It is suspected that contaminated surfaces or fomites also have a role in transmission [40][41][42][43]. Fomites, inanimate objects capable of absorbing, harboring, and transmitting infectious agents, have been implicated as possible sources of transmission [44][45][46].…”

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Monitoring Prevalence and Persistence of Environmental Contamination by SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a Makeshift Hospital for Asymptomatic and Very Mild COVID-19 Patients

Yang,

Sun,

Xia

et al. 2023

Int J Public Health

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Objective: To investigate the details of environmental contamination status by SARS-CoV-2 in a makeshift COVID-19 hospital.Methods: Environmental samples were collected from a makeshift hospital. The extent of contamination was assessed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) for SARS-CoV-2 RNA from various samples.Results: There was a wide range of total collected samples contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 RNA, ranging from 8.47% to 100%. Results revealed that 70.00% of sewage from the bathroom and 48.19% of air samples were positive. The highest rate of contamination was found from the no-touch surfaces (73.07%) and the lowest from frequently touched surfaces (33.40%). The most contaminated objects were the top surfaces of patient cubic partitions (100%). The median Ct values among strongly positive samples were 33.38 (IQR, 31.69–35.07) and 33.24 (IQR, 31.33–34.34) for ORF1ab and N genes, respectively. SARS-CoV-2 relic RNA can be detected on indoor surfaces for up to 20 days.Conclusion: The findings show a higher prevalence and persistence in detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the makeshift COVID-19 hospital setting. The contamination mode of droplet deposition may be more common than contaminated touches.

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“…As of June 15, 2022, more than 600,000 cases had been identified in total, and about 90% of them were asymptomatic carriers. The most serious challenge was to cope with more than 255,000 cases of asymptomatic infections at the peak (Wang et al., 2022). All the newly discovered viral genomes in Shanghai were clustered into the SARS‐CoV‐2 BA.2.2, a sub‐lineage of the Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2 (B.1.1.529) (Zhang et al., 2022).…”

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“…To properly counter the Omicron wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic, China continuously advanced its dynamic zero strategy, leading to the construction and completion of plenty of Fangcang shelter hospitals in Shanghai. As of April 30, 2022, a total of about 300,000 beds were provided in Fangcang shelter hospitals, with around 500 beds set up for each nursing unit (Wang et al., 2022).…”

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Management of a nursing unit in a COVID‐19 shelter hospital in China: A case study

Luo,

Wu,

Wang

et al. 2023

Public Health Nursing

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ObjectiveFangcang shelter hospital is a form of large temporary hospital developed in China to tackle public health events. Through the case study and analysis of managing a nursing unit in a huge Fangcang shelter hospital transformed from the National Exhibition and Convention Center during the Omicron wave in Shanghai, China between April 9, 2022 and May 24, 2022, this paper aimed to highlight critical implications of public health nurses in health emergencies.DesignA case study was conducted using data collected from a nursing unit with 570 beds. The five characteristics of management were organized as follows: human resource management, establishment and optimization of the core workflow, safety management of high‐risk patients, the grid cooperation mechanism with patient volunteers, as well as humanistic nursing.ResultsAnalysis of the data of the nursing unit indicated close team cooperation, efficient and orderly process scheduling, good outcomes of patients, and the indispensable role of volunteers.ConclusionPractice indicated that nursing unit management in a large Fangcang shelter hospital is important to ensure medical order and efficiency. This practical experience can provide valuable reference and data to support for the nursing management of large‐scale public health events, such as infectious disease epidemics.

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Quantitative evaluation of the role of Fangcang shelter hospitals in the control of Omicron transmission: A case study of the outbreak in Shanghai, China in 2022

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Research on the location decision-making method of emergency medical facilities based on WSR

Research on the location decision-making method of emergency medical facilities based on WSR

Monitoring Prevalence and Persistence of Environmental Contamination by SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a Makeshift Hospital for Asymptomatic and Very Mild COVID-19 Patients

Management of a nursing unit in a COVID‐19 shelter hospital in China: A case study

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