Point-of-Care Testing for Disasters: Needs Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Future Design

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-605

  Kost, Gerald J ^a   Hale, Kristin N ^a   Brock, T Keith ^a   Louie, Richard F ^a   Gentile, Nicole L ^a   Kitano, Tyler K ^a   Tran, Nam K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biohazard containment; Hurricane Katrina; Modular test design; Newdemics; Sampling method; Small world network (SWN); Tsunami

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

BIOSAFETY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350022643     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2009.07.014     Document Type: Review

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