Table 2.

Strategies concerning healthcare providers, reported by ten articles included in the systematic review

Author	Year	Disease	Country	Procedure/process	Tools	Stakeholders	Setting
Chen20	2008	SARS; Influenza A H1N1 SARS	Taiwan	Hand hygiene	Sanitiser	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Personal protective equipment	Face mask	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Personal protective equipment	Gloves	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Temperature check	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Education	NA	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Intrahospital surveillance	NA	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Environmental infection control measures	Airborne isolation	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
Yen17	2014		Taiwan	Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Hand hygiene	Sanitiser	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Hand hygiene	Hand disinfection checkpoints	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital
				Recruitment	NA	HCW	Hospital
				Training	NA	HCW	Hospital
				Intrahospital surveillance	Technology	HCW, patients, visitors	Emergency department
				Intrahospital surveillance	Standardised protocol	HCW, patients, visitors	Emergency department
Curnow18	2011	Influenza A H1N1	USA	Communication plan	HICS system	Local and regional health authorities, hospitals	Hospital
				A H1N1	Daily conference calls	Local and regional health authorities, hospitals, HCW	Hospital
				Education	Implementation of guidelines	Patients and visitors	Hospital
				Management of critical supplies		Local and regional health authorities, hospitals, HCW	Hospital
Nhan35	2012	Influenza A H1N1	Canada	Communication plan	Technology	HCW	Hospital
				Updated information	Technology	HCW	Hospital
				Leadership strategy and tactics	Coordination and definition of roles and responsibilities	HCW	Hospital
				Education	Implementation of guidelines	HCW	Hospital
				Resources Management	Increased laboratory and clinical capacity	Local and regional health authorities, hospitals, HCW	Hospital
Pershad19	2012	Influenza A H1N1	USA	Infection screening	Tent	HCW, paediatric patients	Emergency department parking lot
				Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, paediatric patients	Emergency department parking lot
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, paediatric patients	Emergency department parking lot
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, paediatric patients	Emergency department parking lot
				Infection screening	Nurse-driven protocol	HCW, paediatric patients	Emergency department parking lot
Combs27	2020	COVID-19	Germany	Hand hygiene	Sanitiser	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital, Oncology Department
				Personal protective equipment	Face mask, gloves	HCW, patients, visitors	Hospital, Oncology Department
				Infection screening	Early recognition	Patients	Oncology Department
				Infection screening	Triage	Patients	Oncology Department
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	Patients	Oncology Department
				Patients follow-ups management	Technology	Patients, HCW	Oncology Department
				Team organisation	Management Team	Hospital, HCW	Hospital, Oncology Department
Varugherse29	2015	MERS-CoV	Qatar	Intrahospital surveillance	Standardised Protocol	HCW, patients, visitors	Emergency department
Chen23	2020	COVID-19	Taiwan	Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, patients	Community
				Primary care	Providing basic medical care	HCW, Patients	Community
Park24	2020	COVID-19	Korea	Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, patients	Community
				Primary care	Providing basic medical care	HCW, patients	Community
					Technology, digital health information system	HCW, patients	Community
				Communication plan	Technology: digital health information system	HCW	Community
Willliams38	2010	Influenza A H1N1		Infection screening	Early recognition	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Triage	HCW, patients	Community
				Infection screening	Isolation of suspected/confirmed cases	HCW, patients	Community
				Primary care	Providing basic medical care	HCW, patients	Community
				Team organisation	Coordination and definition of roles and responsibilities	HCW	Community

HCW, healthcare workers; MERS-CoV, Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; NA, not applicable; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.