Table 6.

Structure and Function of New HEICS Units and Subunits During the SARS Outbreak

Unit	Subunit	Location	Structure	Function
Infection control office	-	2nd floor of hospital	Office	Development and implementation of infection control policy Monitoring and reporting of health status of patients, personnel, and visitors
Outpatient services	Fever screening	Outside hospital—outpatient entrance	Small DRASH© unit**	Screening of persons entering outpatient entrance for fever 7:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. Diversion of persons with fever to SARS assessment unit
Triage*	-	Outside ED—next to SARS assessment unit	Desk in open space with umbrella	Screening of persons entering ED entrance for fever† Triage of ED patients Diversion of persons with fever to SARS assessment unit
	SARS assessment	Outside ED—next to triage unit	8-bed DRASH© unit with radiology area and nurse’s station‡	Screening of persons with fever for possible SARS Evaluation of patients with possible SARS for suspected or probable SARS Isolation and medical care of patients with possible SARS while undergoing evaluation for suspected or probable SARS
SARS assessment	SARS resuscitation	Outside ED—decontamination room	1-bed unit power column, oxygen supply, suction device, and TV monitor	Isolation and resuscitation of critically ill patients with fever or possible SARS while undergoing evaluation for suspected or probable SARS
	Suspected SARS	Outside ED—15 meters from triage unit	2-bed DRASH© unit for suspected SARS 1-bed DRASH© unit for probable SARS	Isolation and medical care of patients with suspected or probable SARS awaiting bed in SARS isolation unit
	SARS isolation	12th floor of hospital	22 single negative pressure isolation (NPI) rooms in former pulmonary medicine ward	Isolation and medical care of patients with suspected or probable SARS
SARS isolation	Employee isolation	12th floor of hospital	25 single isolation rooms in former psychiatric ward	Isolation and medical care of personnel with fever of indeterminate origin for 3 days
SARS critical care	-	12th floor of hospital	6 single NPI-critical care rooms in former pulmonary medicine ward	Isolation and medical care of critically ill patients with suspected or probable SARS
		3rd floor of hospital	4 single NPI-critical care rooms in Surgical Intensive Care Unit

- = Not applicable.

^*Triage unit included here because fever screening function was new.

^**DRASH^© = deployable rapid assembly shelter.

^†Patients, visitors, and personnel from 9:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m..

^‡Equipped with O₂ supply, pulse oximetry, and cardiac monitors.