LOOK: ALGORITHM FOR TRIAGE OF PATIENTS WITH POSSIBLE COVID-19 INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

The Department of Health (DOH) issued an algorithm for triage to be used by health care facilities in dealing with patients with possible COVID-19 infection.

The DOH says this algorithm is "consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) surveillance definition of COVID-19 as of 27 February 2020 and may change depending on evolving information on transmission pattens and pathogenecity of the virus."

Here is the algorithm in full:

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