Expanding ICU facilities in an epidemic: Recommendations based on experience from the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong and Singapore

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1004-1013

  Gomersall, Charles D ^a,b   Tai, Dessmon Y H ^c   Loo, Shi ^c   Derrick, James L ^a   Goh, Mia Siang ^c   Buckley, Thomas A ^d   Chua, Catherine ^c   Ho, Ka Man ^b   Raghavan, Geeta P ^c   Ho, Oi Man ^b   Lee, Lay Beng ^c   Joynt, Gavin M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical care; Education; Ethics; Infection control; Personnel staffing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STAFF TRAINING; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

COUNSELING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33646896784     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0134-5     Document Type: Article

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