Are COVID-19-dedicated hospitals useful to limit
SARS-CoV-2 infections and optimize the healthcare resources during the
COVID-19 pandemic?
The designation of COVID-19-dedicated wards and personnel within
hospitals is useful to limit nosocomial SARS-CoV-2
infections.108 It also allows other non-COVID-19
conditions to be treated using routine healthcare resources more safely
and effectively. Maintaining such separation requires intensive
SARS-CoV-2 testing in view of the high asymptomatic infection
rate.259