tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Nov;31 Suppl 1:S63-5.
Pandemic preparedness: implementation of infection prevention emergency plans.
Rebmann T.
Institute of Biosecurity, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA. rebmannt@slu.edu
Abstract
The H1N1 influenza pandemic provided a real‐world test of hospital disaster plans. Challenges to hospitals included inconsistent use of isolation precautions; changing and conflicting guidelines; lack of available supplies, including N95 respirators and medications; and overwhelming amounts of information that required sifting. Further research is needed regarding pandemic planning.
PMID: 20929374 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20929374
Pandemic preparedness: implementation of infection prevention emergency plans.
Rebmann T.
Institute of Biosecurity, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA. rebmannt@slu.edu
Abstract
The H1N1 influenza pandemic provided a real‐world test of hospital disaster plans. Challenges to hospitals included inconsistent use of isolation precautions; changing and conflicting guidelines; lack of available supplies, including N95 respirators and medications; and overwhelming amounts of information that required sifting. Further research is needed regarding pandemic planning.
PMID: 20929374 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20929374