Patients under investigation for Ebola virus disease in the United States: hospital preparedness planning and alternate care facilities
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- Title
- Patients under investigation for Ebola virus disease in the United States: hospital preparedness planning and alternate care facilities
- Subject
- Intake and Internal Transport
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- Many months into a still-worsening epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in three West African nations, the U.S. health care system was challenged by its first undiagnosed EVD patient presenting to a hospital emergency department (ED) in Dallas, Texas.1 Despite attempting to follow infection control guidance extant at the time,2 two nurses who cared for this patient acquired EVD.1
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- Bogucki, S., and A. Isakov.
- Date
- 2015-05
- Citation
- Bogucki, S., and A. Isakov. 2015. "Patients under investigation for Ebola virus disease in the United States: hospital preparedness planning and alternate care facilities." Acad Emerg Med 22 (5):600-4.
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Development and use of mobile containment units for the evaluation and treatment of potential Ebola virus disease patients in a United States hospital.
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