Ten things your emergency department should consider to prepare for pandemic influenza

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 497-500

  Robinson, S M ^a   Sutherland, H R ^a   Spooner, D J W ^a   Bennett, T J H ^a   Lit, C H A ^b   Graham, C A ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; MASKS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 67649817273     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.061499     Document Type: Short Survey

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