Protection of medical staff
A special access to patients was set up and a boundary between the ward in which the nCoV patients are being treated and the office and living area of medical staff was established. The aim was to minimize the number of medical staff that have contact with a patient at any time, including during daily care, treatment, and transfer; minimize the use of high transmission-risk procedures such as bronchoscopy, manual ventilation, non-invasive ventilation, and tracheotomy. We use airborne precautions if these operations are necessary. Diagnostic imaging procedures such as X-ray and ultrasound at the bedside are prioritized, restricting computed tomography (CT) scans, because they cannot be performed at the bedside.