Control of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Outbreak in an Academic Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Autor: John B. Cahill, Cassandra D. Salgado, Sandra Fowler, David J. Annibale, Julie Ross, Linda Formby, Michelle Engle
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: American Journal of Infection Control. 42:S148
ISSN: 0196-6553
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.314
Popis: “mumps bundle” benefit employees and physicians, but it was also constructed to be accessible to the community. In conjunctionwith the "mumps bundle", a Mumps Task Force team at JSUMCmet daily to discuss real time Issues related to exposed employees, staffing Issues secondary to furloughing, the worried well, community surge potential and vaccine availability. LESSON LEARNED: The “mumps bundle” provided the infrastructual suport an IP department needs in times of a community outbreak. Although the IP department was still involved with the daily surveillance and reporting of the outbreak, the needs of the department were still beingmetwith other Issues not related to the outbreak. The user friendly format of the “mumps bundle” made it easily accessible and comprehensive for employees, physicians and members of the community.
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