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| Briefings on Infection Control |
| May 2008 |
| Prevent your fast-paced, high-volume ER from becoming a hotbed of infectious activity |
| A hospital's ER is full of opportunities for infectious disease transmission. In no other area of the hospital are you more likely to find an active TB patient, a patient with influenza, and an otherwise healthy patient with a sprained ankle sitting next to each other in a waiting room.
IC challenges in the ER are further compounded by the issue of overcrowding. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the patient population of Baton Rouge (LA) General Hospital's ER swelled, as displaced New Orleans residents, who were forced to leave their primary care physicians behind, came in seeking medical attention, says Connie DeLeo, the hospital's IC coordinator. |
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