3. Innovation in clinical procedures
The primary measures for prevention and control during this epidemic are to reduce the population flow and close contact among personnel, effectively cut off the infection transmission routes, avoid the occurrence of new NCP cases, and allow prompt and effective quarantine and treatment for people with suspected and confirmed infection. However, due to the establishment of fever clinics or the admission and treatment of suspected cases, hospitals are also the hardest hit areas by cross-infection. For general hospitals, some non-fatal chronic diseases can be handled by reducing or stopping outpatient and inpatient treatment. General hospitals should focus on treating patients with critical severe diseases. For specialized cancer hospitals, the annual death toll due to cancer is much higher than the annual death toll from all currently known infectious diseases, and tumor patients with immune dysfunction are more prone to concurrent infection during the epidemic, leading to fatal complications. Therefore, according to the characteristics of our specialized cancer hospital and the epidemic situation, we set up a three-level triage system in the clinics, changed the layout and environment of the existing department structure, and carried out path-based screening for ward admission(Fig1).