Use of lean response to improve pandemic influenza surge in public health laboratories

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Isaac Renton, Judith L ^a,b   Chang, Yin ^a   Prystajecky, Natalie ^b   Petric, Martin ^b   Mak, Annie ^a   Abbott, Brendan ^a   Paris, Benjamin ^c   Decker, K C ^c   Pittenger, Lauren ^c   Guercio, Steven ^d   Stott, Jeff ^a   Joseph, D Miller ^e  

^a PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MANAGED CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURGE CAPACITY;

CANADA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863064004     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.101485     Document Type: Article

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