Influenza pandemic: Would healthcare workers come to work?: An analysis of the ability and willingness to report to duty;Influenzapandemie: Würde das Krankenhauspersonal zur Arbeit kommen?: Eine Analyse der Bereitschaft und Möglichkeit der Weiterarbeit

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 862-869

  Wicker, S ^a   Rabenau, H ^a   Gottschalk, R ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare workers; Influenza pandemic

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549109980     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-009-0913-6     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Robert Koch-Institut (RKI): Nationaler Pandemieplan Teil I-III. Ladbar unter: http://www.rki.de, letzter Zugriff 16.6.2009
2. Meltzer MI, Cox NJ, Fukuda K (1999) The economic impact of pandemic influenza in the United States: Priorities for intervention. Emerg Infect Dis 5:659-671
3. Qureshi K, Gershon RRM, Sherman MF et al (2005) Health care workers' ability and willingness to report to duty during catastrophic disasters. J Urban Health 82:378-388 (Pubitemid 41191557)
4. Irvin C, Cindrich L, Patterson W et al (2007) Hospital personnel response during a hypothetical influenza pandemic: will they come to work? Acad Emerg Med 14:S13
5. Irvin CB, Cindrich L, Patterson W, Southall A (2008) Surveyor hospital healthcare personnel response during a potential avian influenza pandemic: will they come to work? Prehospital Disaster Med 23:328-335
6. Balicer RD, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Everly GS Jr (2006) Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic. BMC Public Health 6:99
7. Blendon RJ, Koonin LM, Benson JM et al (2008) Public response to community mitigation measures for pandemic influenza. Emerg Infect Dis 14:778-786
8. World Health Organization (WHO) (2004) World is ill-prepared for inevitable flu pandemic. Bull World Health Organ 82:317-318
9. World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic preparedness. Ladbar unter: http://www.who.int/csr/ disease/influenza/pandemic/en/, letzter Zugriff 16.6.2009
10. Butsashvili M, Triner W Kamkamidze G et al (2008) Knowledge and anticipated behaviour of healthcare workers to an outbreak of pandemic influenza in Georgia. World Hosp Health Serv 44:24-26
11. Hsin DH, Marcer DRJ (2004) Heroes of SARS: professional roles and ethics of health care workers. J Infect 49:210-215 (Pubitemid 39186166)
12. SetoWH, Tsang D, Yung RW et al (2003) Effectiveness of precautions against droplets and contact in prevention of nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Lancet 361:1591-11520
13. Alexander GC, Wynia MK (2003) Ready and willing? Physicians' sense of preparedness for bioterrorism. Health Aff (Millwood) 22:189-197
14. Nash R (2007) Health-care workers in influenza pandemics. Lancet 370:300-301
15. Clark CC (2005) In harm's way: AMA physicians and the duty to treat. J Med Philos 30:65-87
16. Ehrenstein BP, Hanses F, Salzberger B (2006) Influenza pandemic and professional duty: family or patients first? A survey of hospital employees. BMC Public Health 6:311 (Pubitemid 46195049)
17. 17. Ovadia KL, Gazit I, Silner D, Kagan I (2005) Better late than never: a re-examination of ethical dilemmas in coping with serve acute respiratory syndrome. J Hosp Infect 61:75-79 (Pubitemid 41070277)
18. Huber SJ, Wynia MK (2004) When pestilence prevails ... physician responsibilities in epidemics. Am J Bioeth 4:W5-W11
19. Ruderman C, Tracy CS, Bensimon CM et al (2006) On pandemics and the duty to care: whose duty? Who cares? BMC Med Ethics 7:5
20. 20.StrausSE,WilsonK,RambaldiniGetal(2004) Serveacuterespiratorysyndromeanditsimpactonprofessionalism: qualitativestudyofphysicians'behaviourduringanemerginghealthcarecrisis.BMJ329: 83(Pubitemid38901573)
21. World Health Organization (WHO) Project on addressing ethical issues in pandemic influenza planning. The role and obligations of health-care workers during an outbreak of pandemic influenza. Draft paper for Working Group Three, 14 September 2006. Ladbar unter: http://www.who.int/ csr/resources/publications/ WHO-CDS-EPR-GIP- 2007 2c.pdf, letzter Zugriff 16.6.2009