Protecting Healthcare Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: Lessons From Taiwan’s Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Response
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During major epidemic outbreaks, demand for healthcare workers (HCWs) grows even as the extreme pressures they face cause declining availability. We draw on Taiwan’s severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) experience to argue that a modified form of traffic control bundling (TCB) protects HCW safety and by extension strengthens overall coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic control.
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During previous epidemics such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and Ebola, mental health and stress effects were substantial among health workers.
“As has been proven in previous epidemics such as SARS-CoV, in 2002, MERS-CoV, in 2012, or Ebola, between 2014 and 2016, the effects on mental health and stress have been important among this group (Schwartz et al., 2020, Wu et al., 2009)”
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- Authors
- Schwartz, J., King, C.-C., & Yen, M.-Y.
- Affiliations
- SUNY New Paltz (US)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Taipei Municipal YangMing Hospital (TW)
- Corresponding author
- Yen, Muh-Yong
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2020-03-12
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 858-860
- ISSN
- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
- PMC
- PMC7108122
- OpenAlex
- W3010753571
- Cited by
- 415
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 124 · 2020: 152 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 101.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model (vor)
- Locations
- Clinical Infectious Diseases (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (DOH 92-DC-SA01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Disaster Response and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Infection Control and Ventilation
- Keywords
- healthcare worker safety, COVID-19 pandemic, SARS, epidemic control
- MeSH terms
- Personal Protective Equipment, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Disease Outbreaks, Health Personnel, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Taiwan, Coronavirus Infections, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Pandemics
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