Evaluation of Hospital Mass Screening and Infection Control Practices in a Pandemic Influenza Full-Scale Exercise
| Autor: | Jeremy Weedon, Michael Augenbraun, Bindy Crouch, Stephan Kohlhoff, Darrin Pruitt, Baruch S. Fertel, Bonnie Arquilla, Patricia M. Roblin, Debra E Berg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Infection Control
medicine.medical_specialty Isolation (health care) business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Risk Assessment Triage Disease Outbreaks Hospitalization Acute care Influenza Human Health care Pandemic medicine Humans Mass Screening Infection control Observational study Medical emergency business Pandemics Mass screening Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 6:378-384 |
| ISSN: | 1938-744X 1935-7893 |
| Popis: | Objective: Nonpharmacologic interventions such as limiting nosocomial spread have been suggested for mitigation of respiratory epidemics at health care facilities. This observational study tested the efficacy of a mass screening, isolation, and triage protocol in correctly identifying and placing in a cohort exercise subjects according to case status in the emergency departments at 3 acute care hospitals in Brooklyn, New York, during a simulated pandemic influenza outbreak.Methods: During a 1-day, full-scale exercise using 354 volunteer victims, variables assessing adherence to the mass screening protocol and infection control recommendations were evaluated using standardized forms.Results: While all hospitals were able to apply the suggested mass screening protocol for separation based on case status, significant differences were observed in several infection control variables among participating hospitals and different hospital areas.Conclusions: Implementation of mass screening and other infection control interventions during a hospital full-scale exercise was feasible and resulted in measurable outcomes. Hospital drills may be an effective way of detecting and addressing variability in following infection control recommendations.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:378-384) |
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