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- - The Japanese Fellowship Program at the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka has been connecting U.S. Navy patients with Japanese hospitals since 1952, especially during critical transfers.
- - The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 prompted the development of a new transfer framework incorporating the Public Health Center to ensure safe patient transfers.
- - This report details two successful international transfers of COVID-19 positive patients, marking the first documented use of this framework for such cases, which can serve as a guide for future patient transfers involving infectious diseases.
Article Abstract
The Japanese Fellowship Program at the U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka has served as a liaison with Japanese hospitals during the transfer of acutely ill U.S. Navy patients since 1952. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has complicated this process and prompted the creation of a new framework that involves the Public Health Center. We present two international transfer cases of patients with positive SARS-CoV-2. The creation of a framework enabled a safe and smooth transfer process of patients with a favorable outcome. This report can help guide future cases of international transfer, especially for patients who need infectious disease surveillance. To our knowledge, we describe the first report of an international transfer of patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 test using a framework.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10824362 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.51336 | DOI Listing |
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