The Barrow-in -Furness legionnaires' outbreak: Qualitative study of the hospital response and the role of the major incident plan

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Smith, Andrew F ^a   Wild, C ^a   Law, J ^b  

^a ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 17144374917     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.014316     Document Type: Article

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