TABLE 2.

Strategies and actions implemented by KMUH

Date	Strategy/action
22 January	Set up infrared thermal imaging cameras at main entrances.
23 January	Conduct field exercises on emerging infectious diseases and held a press conference. Moved the triage area for the ED outside the hospital building. Reduced hospital entrances. Began to hold epidemic prevention conferences twice daily. Established the “outdoor screening area” with tents and mobile toilets outside the ED.
24 January	Set up quarantine stations at entrances.
26 January	Designated two elevators specifically for transporting COVID‐19 cases.
27 January	Began to check patients' history of TOCC with a questionnaire at quarantine stations. Reduced ICU visiting times from twice daily to once daily.
28 January	Began to check the history of TOCC for all outpatients. Set up step‐down ward for cases without COVID‐19. Stopped collecting nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal specimens at the outpatient laboratory counter.
29 January	Conducted intubation exercises for anesthesiologists (for using PAPRs). Conducted training courses for putting on and taking off personal protective equipment for cleaning staff. Performed N95 mask tightness tests for health care workers.
30 January	Began investigating the history of TOCC of all hospital staff members with an online questionnaire. Suspended all large‐scale gatherings in the hospital. Prohibited eating in the public area of food courts. Suspended international travel for staff.
3 February	Established the “outdoor clinic section” for international travelers. Set up the drive‐through pharmacy. Began to check NHI cards for the travel records of patients/visitors at quarantine stations. Set up a CDC‐contracted laboratory for coronavirus testing.
4 February	Established the red and green zones partition plan in response to massive volume of incoming cases.
7 February	Established the staff sign‐in system at entrances to check travel history.
9 February	Implemented strict visitor restrictions: For each inpatient, only one companion is allowed at a time.
18 February	Began “psychological care plan for isolated patients” by psychiatrists. Performed “retrospective expanded screening of ICU patients with prolonged pneumonia duration.” Launched the prospective surveillance electronic system for “inpatients with pneumonia unresponsive to antibiotics.”
26 February	Established plans for the “divided cabin, divided flow” strategy. Set up the “step‐down ward” (6C ward).
12 March	Conducted epidemic prevention education for food delivery companies.

Abbreviations: CDC: Centers for Disease Control; ED: emergency department; ICU: intensive care unit; KMUH: Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; NHI: National Health Insurance; PAPR: powered air‐purifying respirator; TOCC: travel, occupation, contacts, clusters.