Isolation surge capacity at NCKUH before and after the SARS outbreak
| Hospital area | Number, types, and location of isolation beds before SARS outbreak* | Number, types, and location of isolation beds after SARS outbreak* | Use during SARS outbreak |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Single, one bed per room or tent; †SARS assessment unit, SARS assessment subunit, Suspected SARS subunit, and SARS resuscitation subunit; ‡SARS isolation unit, SARS isolation subunit and employee isolation subunit | |||
| ED | None | 8 cohort beds in tent outside ED | Evaluation of patients for suspected or probable SARS (SARS assessment subunit)† |
| 2 cohort beds in tent outside ED | Isolation of patients with suspected SARS awaiting hospital bed assignment (suspected SARS subunit)† | ||
| 1 single bed in tent outside ED | Isolation of patients with probable SARS awaiting hospital bed assignment (suspected SARS subunit)† | ||
| 1 single bed in open air decontamination area outside ED | Resuscitation of patients with possible SARS (SARS resuscitation unit)† | ||
| Hospital ward | 10 single NPI beds in pulmonary medicine ward | 22 single NPI beds in former pulmonary medicine ward | Inhospital care of patients with suspected or probable SARS (SARS isolation subunit)‡ |
| 18 single beds in pulmonary medicine ward | 25 single beds in former psychiatry ward | Isolation of employees with possible SARS (employee isolation subunit)‡ | |
| ICU | 4 single NPI beds in SICU | 4 single NPI beds in SICU | Critical care of patients with suspected or probable SARS (SARS critical care unit) |
| 6 single NPI beds in former pulmonary medicine ward | |||
| 2 single NPI beds in MICU | 2 single NPI beds in MICU | Not used for SARS related patient care | |