Chapter 6. Protection of patients and staff during a pandemic

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Bruce L ^a   Montgomery, Hugh E ^b   Rhodes, Andrew ^c   Sprung, Charles L ^d  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disaster; H1N1; Hospital; Infection control; Influenza epidemic; Intensive care unit; Pandemic; Patient protection; Recommendations; Staff protection; Standard operating procedures

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951198441     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1764-1     Document Type: Review

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