Using "mystery Patient" Drills to Assess Hospital Ebola Preparedness in New York City, 2014-2015

Health Security

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 500-508

  Foote, Mary ^a   Daver, Roshni ^a   Quinn, Celia ^a  

^a Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; Epidemic management response; Hospital preparedness response; Infectious diseases; Public health preparedness response; Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NEW YORK; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 85032277537     PISSN: 23265094     EISSN: 23265108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2016.0130     Document Type: Article

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