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Crit Care Nurs Q. 2011 Jan-Mar;34(1):60-7.
Lessons learned: managing a pandemic in a multihospital system.
Curnow ES, Wiles RE, Wyatt M.
Department of Infection Prevention, Baptist Health System (Ms Curnow), Department of Physical Environment, (Mr Wiles), Department of Employee Health/Workers Compensation (Ms Wyatt), San Antonio, Texas; School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Ms Curnow).
Abstract
Pandemic influenza has been a concern since the documentation of the 1918 "Spanish" flu. The potential for a novel flu virus to emerge and cause a global pandemic is real and present. Every year many people suffer severe morbidity and mortality to the seasonal strain of the flu, and a pandemic with a novel virus increases those numbers. This article describes the development, revision, and ultimately the enactment of a pandemic respiratory infectious disease plan used during the response to the 2009 H1N1 flu. The plan and related actions provided a roadmap for a robust response to the pandemic, including the protection of health care workers, visitors and patients and increased vaccination rates.
PMID: 21160302 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21160302
Lessons learned: managing a pandemic in a multihospital system.
Curnow ES, Wiles RE, Wyatt M.
Department of Infection Prevention, Baptist Health System (Ms Curnow), Department of Physical Environment, (Mr Wiles), Department of Employee Health/Workers Compensation (Ms Wyatt), San Antonio, Texas; School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Ms Curnow).
Abstract
Pandemic influenza has been a concern since the documentation of the 1918 "Spanish" flu. The potential for a novel flu virus to emerge and cause a global pandemic is real and present. Every year many people suffer severe morbidity and mortality to the seasonal strain of the flu, and a pandemic with a novel virus increases those numbers. This article describes the development, revision, and ultimately the enactment of a pandemic respiratory infectious disease plan used during the response to the 2009 H1N1 flu. The plan and related actions provided a roadmap for a robust response to the pandemic, including the protection of health care workers, visitors and patients and increased vaccination rates.
PMID: 21160302 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21160302