An emergency department response to severe acute respiratory syndrome

Tham, Kum Ying

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.08.005

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“…This was an important lesson we had learnt from the SARS outbreak 14 15. The infectious particles of the H1N1 virus are estimated to be less than 10 μm in size16 and normal room air currents can keep them airborne for long periods of time.…”

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Experience of a screening centre for influenza A/H1N1: the first 50 days

Chan

Goh

Vasu

et al. 2010

Emergency Medicine Journal

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Experience of a screening centre for influenza A/H1N1: the first 50 days

Chan

Goh

Vasu

et al. 2010

Emergency Medicine Journal

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“…Planning and preparedness to develop a better response and improving the hospital infrastructure to support disease outbreak is rapidly being improved in Singapore. More so for emergency sections of the hospitals, and their preparedness has been described in more detail by Tham [51]. Individual clinicians, especially the general practitioners situated in the community, must be vigilant in detecting suspicious circumstances and reporting them to the appropriate authorities.…”

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Strategies adopted and lessons learnt during the severe acute respiratory syndrome crisis in Singapore

Dmeri¹,

Sgh²

2004

Reviews in Medical Virology

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In Singapore, the military was actively involved in the containment of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) last year. The outbreak started in February 2003 with three Singapore travellers to Hong Kong. At that time, nothing was known about the aetiological agent of the atypical pneumonia that was termed SARS. Unfortunately one of the travellers was a super-spreader, defined as a person with high efficiency for virus transmission, and was responsible for the expansion of the national outbreak. Not only was the Singapore military involved in contact tracing of personnel and enforcement of home quarantine, military-affiliated research institutes were also involved in providing diagnostic support. This review reconstructs the events that took place during the SARS outbreak, focusing on the special support arising from complementing the military-affiliated laboratory with the public health laboratory. A description of the diagnostic findings is provided in chronological order. The review ends with lessons Singapore learnt from the SARS crisis, stressing the importance of national preparedness for future outbreaks.

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“…To ensure that the context for data collection within the CPHCC services was appropriate the researcher spent time in one center in all clinical areas in which nurses were employed before isolating the emergency unit for fi eld observation (McFarlane, Bull, & Rietmeijer, 2002;Sarantakos, 2005;Tham, 2004). The emergency department was selected as the nurses provide direct patient care to ambulatory clientele and interact daily with medical and other colleagues and community service providers including the police and civilian defense personnel.…”

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The impact of nursing leadership and management on the control of HIV/AIDS: An ethnographic study

Nawafleh¹,

Francis²,

Chapman³

2012

Contemporary Nurse

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This paper reports on an aspect of a larger ethnographic study that sought to investigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on the practice of primary care nurses in Jordan. Nursing leadership and the style of management adopted by senior nursing and medical administrators at the Ministry of Heath were identified as factors impacting on the practice of the nurses and their capacity to raise community awareness and contribute to the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The study was undertaken in three rural and three urban primary health care centres (PHCC). Data collection included participant observation, key informant interviews, and document analysis. These data informed the development of descriptive ethnographic accounts that allowed for the subsequent identification of common and divergent themes reflective of factors recognized as influencing the practice of the nurse participants.

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An emergency department response to severe acute respiratory syndrome

Abstract: Although the SARS outbreak was not a bioterrorism event, the ED disaster response was applicable in the outbreak's management. The use of a screening questionnaire and admission criteria enabled the ED to screen, treat, and safely discharge the majority of the patients.

Cited by 42 publications

References 6 publications

Experience of a screening centre for influenza A/H1N1: the first 50 days

Experience of a screening centre for influenza A/H1N1: the first 50 days

Strategies adopted and lessons learnt during the severe acute respiratory syndrome crisis in Singapore

The impact of nursing leadership and management on the control of HIV/AIDS: An ethnographic study

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