Development and implementation of a COVID-19 near real-time traffic light system in an acute hospital setting

Marcela P Vizcaychipi; Claire L Shovlin; Alex McCarthy; Alice Howard; Alexander Brown; Michelle Hayes; Suveer Singh; Linsey Christie; Alice Sisson; Roger Davies; Christopher Lockie; Monica Popescu; Amandeep Gupta; James Armstrong; Hisham Said; Timothy Peters; Richard T Keays

doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-210199

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Development and implementation of a COVID-19 near real-time traffic light system in an acute hospital setting

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Marcela P Vizcaychipi Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claire L Shovlin National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alex McCarthy Department of Information, Data Quality and Clinical Coding, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alice Howard Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander Brown Department of Information, Data Quality and Clinical Coding, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michelle Hayes Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Suveer Singh Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Linsey Christie Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alice Sisson Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roger Davies Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher Lockie Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Monica Popescu Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amandeep Gupta Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James Armstrong Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hisham Said Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Timothy Peters Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard T Keays Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
ChelWest COVID-19 Consortium
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Correspondence to Dr Marcela P Vizcaychipi, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK; Marcela.Vizcaychipi{at}chelwest.nhs.uk

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Vizcaychipi MP, Shovlin CL, McCarthy A ChelWest COVID-19 Consortium, et al

Development and implementation of a COVID-19 near real-time traffic light system in an acute hospital setting

Emergency Medicine Journal 2020;37:630-636.

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Received June 9, 2020
Revised August 15, 2020
Accepted August 19, 2020
First published September 18, 2020.

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September 25, 2020

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