The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 highlighted several concerns regarding hospital biosafety capacitation in the People's Republic of China, although the epidemic is now under control. This study examined the primary problems related to hospital biosecurity, including the absence of a hospital emergency system, inadequate management and control of nosocomial infection, limited hospital laboratory capacity, and poor hospital admission capacity. Accordingly, this study puts forward the following countermeasures and suggestions for hospitals to deal with future biosecurity events, such as a major epidemic: first, biosecurity management systems and emergency response mechanisms in hospitals need to be set up; second, the investment and guarantee mechanisms for hospital biosecurity construction should be improved; third, the capacity building of biosecurity incident management requires special attention in general hospitals; and finally, comprehensive plans need to be developed for the integrated construction of medical treatment and prevention facilities through disease-control systems.
Keywords: Biosecurity; COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; Epidemic; H1N1, influenza A virus subtype H1N1; Hospital; SARS, Severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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