The Enhanced Emergency Response Plan for Augmented Quarantine Hotels During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction: During the COVID-19 outbreak in May 2021, Taipei City has transformed many vacant hotels to augmented quarantine hotels, recruiting retired medical staff provide care, order preserve hospitals’ capabilities. In an hotel at Caesar Park Hotel Taipei, complexity of COVID quarantine, status residents, and working with made original emergency response plan inappropriate. Henceforth, a series modifications were ensure readiness Taipei. Method: The enhancements capability accordance following list: 1. Revise evacuation plan, 2. Setup equipment cart, 3. Modify procedure, 4. Update training resident notice, 5. Routine stock count supplies equipment. Results: enhanced ensured safety all personnel, plans status, clear perception their duty picture overall plan. Conclusion: was completed under implementation June end that month there fire took four lives 22 injured Changhua County. A review by corresponding hospital; problems happened Chunghua County had already been considered or prevented Such method for building potential be implemented more locations, possibly different scenarios.