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Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India
This short-term observational study of infection control practice was performed in the medical emergency outpatient department (EMOPD) of a tertiary-care hospital in India when threatened by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). An investigator attended the lobby daily to screen p...
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The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17512634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.015 |
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author | Goel, S. Gupta, A.K. Singh, A. Lenka, S.R. |
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description | This short-term observational study of infection control practice was performed in the medical emergency outpatient department (EMOPD) of a tertiary-care hospital in India when threatened by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). An investigator attended the lobby daily to screen patients with symptoms for SARS. Patient/attendant load, patient flow, medical staff working practices and position in the EMOPD were observed. Infection control measures such as fumigation and cleaning were noted, as was the EMOPD laboratory function, use of personnel protection and display of information on infectious diseases. A total of 162 (7.4%) of the 2165 patients surveyed had respiratory symptoms but no cases of SARS were found. The flow of patients and their attendants was not systematic. No laboratory tests for SARS were available, and no educational material on SARS was displayed. The EMOPDs in key hospitals need be able to screen for infectious diseases, especially in view of the threats from SARS and Avian influenza. |
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spelling | pubmed-71146012020-04-02 Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India Goel, S. Gupta, A.K. Singh, A. Lenka, S.R. J Hosp Infect Article This short-term observational study of infection control practice was performed in the medical emergency outpatient department (EMOPD) of a tertiary-care hospital in India when threatened by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). An investigator attended the lobby daily to screen patients with symptoms for SARS. Patient/attendant load, patient flow, medical staff working practices and position in the EMOPD were observed. Infection control measures such as fumigation and cleaning were noted, as was the EMOPD laboratory function, use of personnel protection and display of information on infectious diseases. A total of 162 (7.4%) of the 2165 patients surveyed had respiratory symptoms but no cases of SARS were found. The flow of patients and their attendants was not systematic. No laboratory tests for SARS were available, and no educational material on SARS was displayed. The EMOPDs in key hospitals need be able to screen for infectious diseases, especially in view of the threats from SARS and Avian influenza. The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2007-06 2007-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7114601/ /pubmed/17512634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.015 Text en Copyright © 2007 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Goel, S. Gupta, A.K. Singh, A. Lenka, S.R. Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title | Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title_full | Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title_fullStr | Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title_full_unstemmed | Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title_short | Preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of India |
title_sort | preparations and limitations for prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome in a tertiary care centre of india |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7114601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17512634 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.015 |
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