Relationship between equipment and infrastructure for pandemic influenza and performance in an avian flu drill

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 786-790

  Adini, B ^a,b   Goldberg, A ^b   Cohen, R ^a,b,c   Bar Dayan, Y ^b,d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 70350440313     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.066746     Document Type: Article

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