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Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient

The Major Incident Hospital of the University Medical Centre of Utrecht has a longstanding history of preparing for the management of highly pathogenic and infectious organisms. An assessment of the hospital’s preparations for an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever and its experience during admissio...

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Autores principales: Haverkort, J.J. Mark, Minderhoud, A.L.C. (Ben), Wind, Jelte D.D., Leenen, Luke P.H., Hoepelman, Andy I.M., Ellerbroek, Pauline M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812146
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.151393
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author Haverkort, J.J. Mark
Minderhoud, A.L.C. (Ben)
Wind, Jelte D.D.
Leenen, Luke P.H.
Hoepelman, Andy I.M.
Ellerbroek, Pauline M.
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Minderhoud, A.L.C. (Ben)
Wind, Jelte D.D.
Leenen, Luke P.H.
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description The Major Incident Hospital of the University Medical Centre of Utrecht has a longstanding history of preparing for the management of highly pathogenic and infectious organisms. An assessment of the hospital’s preparations for an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever and its experience during admission of a patient with Ebola virus disease showed that the use of the buddy system, frequent training, and information sessions for staff and their relatives greatly increased the sense of safety and motivation among staff. Differing procedures among ambulance services limited the number of services used for transporting patients. Waste management was the greatest concern, and destruction of waste had to be outsourced. The admission of an Ebola patient proceeded without incident but led to considerable demands on staff. The maximum time allowed for wearing personal protective equipment was 45 minutes to ensure safety, and an additional 20 minutes was needed for recovery.
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spelling pubmed-47345452016-02-11 Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient Haverkort, J.J. Mark Minderhoud, A.L.C. (Ben) Wind, Jelte D.D. Leenen, Luke P.H. Hoepelman, Andy I.M. Ellerbroek, Pauline M. Emerg Infect Dis Synopsis The Major Incident Hospital of the University Medical Centre of Utrecht has a longstanding history of preparing for the management of highly pathogenic and infectious organisms. An assessment of the hospital’s preparations for an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever and its experience during admission of a patient with Ebola virus disease showed that the use of the buddy system, frequent training, and information sessions for staff and their relatives greatly increased the sense of safety and motivation among staff. Differing procedures among ambulance services limited the number of services used for transporting patients. Waste management was the greatest concern, and destruction of waste had to be outsourced. The admission of an Ebola patient proceeded without incident but led to considerable demands on staff. The maximum time allowed for wearing personal protective equipment was 45 minutes to ensure safety, and an additional 20 minutes was needed for recovery. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4734545/ /pubmed/26812146 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.151393 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Haverkort, J.J. Mark
Minderhoud, A.L.C. (Ben)
Wind, Jelte D.D.
Leenen, Luke P.H.
Hoepelman, Andy I.M.
Ellerbroek, Pauline M.
Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title_full Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title_fullStr Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title_full_unstemmed Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title_short Hospital Preparations for Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Patients and Experience Gained from Admission of an Ebola Patient
title_sort hospital preparations for viral hemorrhagic fever patients and experience gained from admission of an ebola patient
topic Synopsis
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26812146
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2202.151393
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