TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fusco, Francesco Maria
A1  - Schilling, Stefan
A1  - De Iaco, Giuseppina
A1  - Brodt, Hans-Reinhard
A1  - Brouqui, Philippe
A1  - Maltezou, Helena C.
A1  - Bannister, Barbara
A1  - Gottschalk, René
A1  - Thomson, Gail
A1  - Puro, Vincenzo
A1  - Ippolito, Giuseppe
T1  - Infection control management of patients with suspected highly infectious diseases in emergency departments: data from a survey in 41 facilities in 14 European countries
T2  - BMC infectious diseases
N2  - Background: In Emergency and Medical Admission Departments (EDs and MADs), prompt recognition and appropriate infection control management of patients with Highly Infectious Diseases (HIDs, e.g. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and SARS) are fundamental for avoiding nosocomial outbreaks.

Methods: The EuroNHID (European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases) project collected data from 41 EDs and MADs in 14 European countries, located in the same facility as a national/regional referral centre for HIDs, using specifically developed checklists, during on-site visits from February to November 2009.

Results: Isolation rooms were available in 34 facilities (82,9%): these rooms had anteroom in 19, dedicated entrance in 15, negative pressure in 17, and HEPA filtration of exhausting air in 12. Only 6 centres (14,6%) had isolation rooms with all characteristics. Personnel trained for the recognition of HIDs was available in 24 facilities; management protocols for HIDs were available in 35.

Conclusions: Preparedness level for the safe and appropriate management of HIDs is partially adequate in the surveyed EDs and MADs.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/24402
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-244027
SN  - 1471-2334
VL  - 12
IS  - 27
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  -