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It is essential to set up effective and useful zoning to prevent the spread of infection to and from medical staff or other patients with effective use of standard precautions with personal protective equipment (PPE).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We repurposed a general ward into an acute care unit for severe COVID\u201019 patients taking into consideration airflow, the direction of movement of medical staff, and prevention of the spread of infection to medical staff and other patients. We checked the daily condition and body temperature of all medical staff for 60\u00a0days.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was no evidence of COVID\u201019 infection in any medical staff or other patients during the period thanks to effective and useful zoning with PPE.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Special wards and rooms should be set up for future protection of medical staff and other patients, and prevent the explosion of COVID\u201019 infection with effective and useful zoning with PPE.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ams2.536","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,8]],"date-time":"2020-06-08T21:35:36Z","timestamp":1591652136000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Environmental maintenance with effective and useful zoning to protect patients and medical staff from COVID\u201019 infection"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7069-9334","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fumihiro","family":"Ogawa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7853-5721","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hideaki","family":"Kato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infection Prevention and Control Department Yokohama City University Hospital Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kazuya","family":"Sakai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kana","family":"Nakamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infection Prevention and Control Department Yokohama City University Hospital Yokohama Japan"},{"name":"Nursing Department Yokohama City University Hospital Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mizuki","family":"Ogawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nursing Department Yokohama City University Hospital Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Munehito","family":"Uchiyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2874-7731","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kento","family":"Nakajima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yutaro","family":"Ohyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3496-1953","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeru","family":"Abe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ichiro","family":"Takeuchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Yokohama City University Yokohama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15171\/ijoem.2020.1921"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0196-6553(96)90050-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2007.10.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","unstructured":"Japanese guidelines for infection control in hospitals for COVID\u201019 (Japanese only).Japan:Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control; [cited 7 May 2020; 3rd Edition]. 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