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Implementing a negative-pressure isolation ward for a surge in airborne infectious patients

BACKGROUND: During a large-scale airborne infectious disease outbreak, the number of patients needing hospital-based health care services may exceed available negative-pressure isolation room capacity. METHODS: To test one method of increasing hospital surge capacity, a temporary negative-pressure i...

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Autores principales: Miller, Shelly L., Clements, Nicholas, Elliott, Steven A., Subhash, Shobha S., Eagan, Aaron, Radonovich, Lewis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7115276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28330710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.029