What can early Canadian experience screening for COVID-19 teach us about how to prepare for a pandemic?

CMAJ

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2020, Pages E314-E318

  Lin, Molly ^a   Beliavsky, Alina ^a   Katz, Kevin ^a,b   Powis, Jeff E ^a,c   Ng, Wil ^b   Williams, Victoria ^d   Science, Michelle ^e,g   Groves, Helen ^e,g   Muller, Mathew P ^a,h   Vaisman, Alon ^a,i   Hota, Susy ^a,i   Johnstone, Jennie ^a,f   Leis, Jerome A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f University of Toronto   (Canada)

^g Departments of Paediatrics and Health Policy   (Canada)

^h University of Toronto   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; COMMUNITY CARE; CROWDING (AREA); FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CANADA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PANDEMICS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85082115581     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200305     Document Type: Review

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