Checklist for Hospitals Preparing for the Reception and Care of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Patients

Elements to be assessed have been divided into the following areas:

• Establishment of a core team and key internal and external contact points
• Human, material and facility capacity
• Communication and data protection
• Hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), and waste management
• Triage, first contact and prioritisation
• Patient placement, moving of the patients in the facility, and visitor access
• Environmental cleaning

For each area mentioned above, the elements or processes were identified and the items to be checked are listed below. A procedure for the self-auditing of compliance with this checklist should be considered.