COVID-19 positivity in the COVID suspect and green zones of a large emergency department during the first wave of the pandemic in South India

• Main Authors: Saravanan Selvan (Author), Vivek Raja Krishnaraj (Author), Ponnivalavan Mathiyalagan (Author), Hepzibah Nesamani (Author), Paul Vinod W. Kumar (Author), Anna Paul (Author), Karthik Gunasekaran (Author), Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a necessary division of the emergency department (ED) into the COVID suspect zone and a green zone based on a modified "The" Christian Medical college (CMCTS). Triaging was initially done based on the epidemiological criteria and evolved...