Healthcare organization management — Pandemic response — Temporary medical facility

This standard focuses on the operation of temporary isolation and quarantine facilities. It describes the requirements, operational principles, and procedures of the temporary medical facility (TMF) in relation to planning, staffing and patient management, along with the discharge and termination of isolation for patients with infectious diseases in the context of ongoing widespread community transmission. A TMF may be operated separately or as a combination facility. Some may also be used to treat mild cases with serious cases transferred to hospitals.

Mains sections:

· Utilisation of temporary medical facility

· Purpose of operation

· Designation and operation

· Public notice and communication

· Operational principles

· Admission criteria

· Discharge criteria

· Exclusion criteria

· Staffing

· Staff management

· Patient management

· Infection prevention rules

· Meal management

· Materials

· Hygiene and laundry management

· Visitors

· Disinfection after discharge

· Waste disposal

· Termination of TMF

· Disinfection of the facility, cleaning and waste disposal

· Restoration of the facility

· Annex A: Example of TMF in South Korea