A No-Notice Drill of Hospital Preparedness in Responding to Ebola Virus Disease in Taiwan
| Autor: | Steve H. S. Kuo, Shu-Hui Tseng, Li-Jung Chien, Shih-Min Hsu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Health (social science)
Health Personnel viruses Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Taiwan Management Monitoring Policy and Law medicine.disease_cause Disease cluster Health care medicine Humans Infection control Epidemics Infection Control Travel Ebola virus Emergency management business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola medicine.disease Triage Hospitals United States Preparedness Emergency Medicine Medical emergency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S Emergency Service Hospital business Safety Research |
| Zdroj: | Health Security. 13:339-344 |
| ISSN: | 2326-5108 2326-5094 |
| Popis: | The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976, but the outbreak of Ebola virus disease that began in Guinea, West Africa, in December 2013 shocked the world. It is the largest and most severe epidemic of Ebola virus disease to date. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that inadequate implementation of the policy of acquiring travel history led to a delay in identifying the first imported Ebola virus disease case. The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control developed a no-notice drill that used a simulated patient to assess hospitals' emergency preparedness capacity in responding to Ebola virus disease. Despite the fact that regular inspection shows that more than 90% of regional hospitals and medical centers inquired about patients' travel history, occupation, contact history, and cluster information, the no-notice drill revealed that more than 40% of regional hospitals and medical centers failed to ask emergency room patients about these factors. Therefore, to assist in inquiries about travel history, occupation, contact history, and cluster information in emergency triage and outpatient settings, the Taiwan CDC revised the criteria for hospital infection control inspection. It requested that hospitals issue appropriate reminders and implement process control mechanisms to block diagnostic processes in instances in which healthcare workers do not inquire about travel history, occupation, contact history, and cluster information. Furthermore, the Taiwan CDC will continue no-notice inspections in order to strengthen hospitals' infection control measures and reduce the risk of infectious disease transmission in the healthcare system. |
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