[Great role and position of emergency department in the prevention and control of infectious diseases].

ABSTRACT

The emergency department is not only the place of treating emergency and critically ill patients, but also the frontline of identification and treatment of infectious disease. To ensure the treatment of the acute and critical diseases and the safety of the hospital, the emergency department should be included in the prevention and control system of infectious diseases. Therefore, we should attach great importance to the role of emergency department in the prevention and control system of infectious diseases, by establishing standardized protocols of ward layout, treatment procedure, management and training. We suggest that it is essential to strengthen the integrated management with the infectious diseases department, and jointly build a new emergency medical service system to deal with infectious diseases.