Preparing an Academic Medical Center to Manage Patients Infected with Ebola: Experiences of a University Hospital

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 558-567

  Schultz, Carl H ^a   Koenig, Kristi L ^a   Alassaf, Wajdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks; infectious disease medicine; occupational exposure; patient isolation; public health practice

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFRICA, WESTERN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84948444752     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.111     Document Type: Article

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