Zhongguo quanke yixue (Jun 2024)
A Scoping Review of Research on the Management of Surge Hospitals during a Major Infectious Disease Outbreak
Abstract
Background Surge hospitals play an important role in combating a major infectious disease outbreak. Compared with other situations, the management and operation of surge hospitals amid the outbreak of major infectious diseases are specific, and serious consequences will be caused if there is a loophole in the hospital management model. However, there is no research that reviews and summarizes relevant studies. Objective To perform a scoping review of the research on surge hospital management during a major infectious disease outbreak, so as to understand the elements of hospital management and research status, providing guidance for future research in this field. Methods This review used a methodological framework developed based on Arksey & O'Malley's framework and principles as well as recommendations from related scholars and colleagues' guiding principles. Studies on the management of surge hospitals amid the outbreak of major infectious diseases were searched in electronic databases of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and SinoMed from inception to June 17, 2022. Then the included studies were summarized and analyzed. Results Twenty-five studies were included. All studies were about the management of mobile cabin hospitals and designated hospitals for treating COVID-19 in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. The elements of surge hospital management included emergency preparedness, personnel management, operation management and service management. Conclusion The number of studies on surge hospital management has increased, with an extensive scope of research, but the quality of them is unsatisfactory, and there is a lack of unified evaluation indicators and feedback tools. In the future, efforts should be made to improve the quality of relevant studies, formulate a standardized surge hospital management process, increase the construction and implementation of evaluation indicators, so as to provide more guidance for clinical nursing practice.
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