Spotlight on Success: NORTHPORT VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IMPROVES PREPAREDNESS FOR HIGH-CONSEQUENCE INFECTION.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bailey, Lisa C.; Barrett, Nancy R.; Cohen, Cheryl F.; Ford, Florence M.; Thorne, Monique
- Source
- Joint Commission: The Source; Feb2020, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p2-6, 5p
- Subject
- MENTAL health services
MEDICAL centers
HEALTH facilities
MERS coronavirus
SARS disease
- Language
- ISSN
- 15428672
The article offers information on the High-consequence infections. Topics include considered as infections involved but not limited to, Ebola virus disease (EVD), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and pandemic flu; caused by pathogens with the potential to cause a high mortality rate among healthy people; and mission of interdisciplinary team at Northport of key internal and external stakeholders including infectious disease and prevention services to achieve the goal.