Table 4. Workforce of RTC and duties.
Workforce | Duty |
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Public officials and operation personnel | - Administrative action including contraction and buying for disinfection, cleaning, waste disposal, laundry, and food & beverage supply |
- Daily action report including RTC’s situation and waste disposal declaration | |
- Purchase of supplies including food & beverages, daily necessities, and office equipment (procuring food & beverages from nearby restaurant or lunch box suppliers) | |
Medical personnel | - Checking health status for patients newly admitted to the center |
- Daily examination and monitoring for patients and staffs (twice a day), and simple medical treatment | |
- Collecting specimens and requesting tests | |
- Patients’ transfer to hospital and decision making on quarantine discharge | |
- Informing patients on matters to observe after quarantine discharge | |
- Prevention of further infection within the center by training non-medical workers to wear PPE properly | |
- Recording all kinds of medical treatment or measurements | |
Police officers | - Control over breakaway from and access to the center via 24 hr CCTV, and maintenance of order |
Firefighters | - Taking a patient to an affiliated hospital, deploying workforce urgently, and doing safety inspection |
Soldiers | - Distributing food & beverages, daily necessities, and waste container |
Facility managers | - Functional checkout and adjustment of the installation in the center |
Disinfection/cleaning/laundry companies | - Disinfection and general cleaning of the center, collecting and washing staff’s laundry (at least once a day) |
- Isolated patients’ clothes must be washed individually within the room | |
Waste disposal companies | - Disposal of waste from the center (once a day) |
RTC = residential treatment center, PPE = personal protective equipment.