Drive-through checkups during a pandemic
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, January 20, 2010
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Researchers at the Department of Surgery/Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford (CA) University School of Medicine have released a report that explores the strategy of drive-through patient examinations during a pandemic influenza.
The intent would be to manage the influx of patient visitors while effectively distancing infected patients from healthy or at-risk patients.
For the full report, read the featured post on OSHA Healthcare Advisor, or visit the Tools section for pandemic-related downloads.
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