Assessment and development of hospital emergency preparedness plan in response to COVID-19 pandemic in Alexandria University Hospitals
| Autor: | Eman Hamdy Basiony Darwish, Ahmed Maher Ramadan, Wael Nabil Abdelsalam, Afaf Gaber Ibrahim, Nermen Mohamed Tawfiq Foda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Alexandria Journal of Medicine, Vol 58, Iss 1, Pp 69-77 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 20905068 2090-5076 2090-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20905068.2022.2075159 |
| Popis: | Background The COVID-19 ongoing pandemic is one of the deadliest pandemics in history. It has put a significant strain on healthcare systems and frontline healthcare workers. This study attempted to assess and develop the emergency preparedness of hospitals affiliated to Alexandria University.Methods A quasi-Aquasi-experimental design was conducted in three phases; the pre-intervention assessment using ahospital emergency response checklist, then awareness intervention was implemented to provide information on emergency preparedness followed by post-intervention assessment after asix-month period following the first phase using the same checklist.Results The pre-intervention assessment showed that four hospitals had a good overall preparedness level (75% or more preparedness level), while the rest of the hospitals (7 hospitals) demonstrated a fair overall preparedness level (50%- |
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