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Objective To investigate the characteristics of the diagnosis and treatment center for Ebola observing ward and reduce infection risk according to allocation scheduling method of nursing staff. To provide reference for other similar tasks. Methods We used the method of grouping fixed group scheduling method and fixed working hours to identify and refine the content of nursing work. Results A total of 65 cases of suspected Ebola including 5 cases diagnosed as EVD patients were cured. No case of infection occurred in nursing staff. Conclusions During the infectious disease nursing work, reasonable personnel allocation and scheduling method can make the nursing staff work with full energy and strength and ensure the realization ofzero infectiontargets.
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Background: The observation ward (OW) allows patients to be reassessed and monitored before deciding either to admit or to discharge them. This is a six-month descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in the observation ward of the Emergency Department (ED) of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan. The objective of this study was to examine the demographic characteristics and clinical profiles of adult observed patients and to determine the effectiveness of OW management. Methods: Patients were selected randomly by convenience sampling. One hundred and twenty-four patients were included in the study. The mean age was 40.3 ± 18.5 years (95% CI: 37.2 to 43.8). Results: Among the common clinical problems were abdominal discomfort (23%), diarrhoea and vomiting (13%) and fever (13%). Reasons for OW admission included diagnostic uncertainty (63%) and short course of treatment (33%). The mean length of stay was 4.1 ± 1.8 hours (95% CI=3.8 to 4.4 hours). Most of the patients (85%) were discharged. Conclusions: The OW of HUSM is effective in managing adult patients as determined by the hospitalisation rate and the length of stay.
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La atención en el Servicio de Urgencia (SU) es proporcionada en boxes de examen, sector de observación (SO), sala de tratamientos y camas de hospitalización. Objetivos: Indagar aspectos importantes de la estructura de atención en el SO y establecer si sus pacientes difieren de los atendidos en otros sectores del SU (sSU). Material y Método: Previamente estudiamos la estructura de consultas al SU, en una muestra de 4 356 casos. De estos, 1 549 que ingresaron al SO fueron analizados en variables de interés: edad, sexo, hora de ingreso, diagnósticos, estudios de laboratorio, medicamentos usados y luego comparados con los del sSU. Para el efecto, se construyó una base de datos en Excel de Office 2000. La estadística descriptiva incluyó, promedios, medianas, porcentajes y en las medidas de dispersión se recurrió a desviación estándar y rangos. En lo inferencial, intervalos de confianza del 95%, prueba de ?2 con corrección de Yates y estudio de tendencia lineal también por ?2, utilizando el programa Epi Info 6,04. Resultados: La edad mostró una mediana de 25 m (7 d a 199 m). El 52,3% fueron hombres. La distribución por edad fue diferente en el sSU y SO, esencialmente entre los menores de 24 m, quienes además tuvieron mayor probabilidad de ingresar al SO (p = 0,0000). Observamos diferencias importantes en la distribución de los diagnósticos que originan la atención en sSU o en SO. Las internaciones desde SO (10,4%), fueron más frecuentes que desde el sSU (2,8%) (p = 0,000). En 802 atenciones se registraron las horas de ingreso-egreso al SO, constatando que el 31,7% permaneció por 4 hs o más, variando según patología: Síndrome Bronquial Obstructivo: 5,3 hs (1-15), Infección Urinaria: 5,3 hs (3-9), Diarrea con deshidratación: 8,5 hs (3-16). Las principales causas de hospitalización fueron: Bronconeumonía y Síndrome febril. La mayoría de los casos con Laringitis (98%), Crisis asmática (100%), deshidratación diarreica (96,5%), Convulsión febril ...
Management of patients in Emergency is provided in examination boxes, observation rooms, treatment units and hospitalization. Objective: to describe important aspects of health care structure in the OW and establish if the management of these patients differ from others attended in the rest of Emergency areas. Method: 1549 children located in the OW were analyzed out of 4356 cases attending Emergency, in terms of age, sex, time at admission, diagnosis, laboratory exams and treatments. Descriptive statistics included medians, ranks, percentages and SD. Inferential statistics included 95% confidence intervals. For statistical testing, chi square with Yates correction and chi square for trend were used with Epi Info 6,04. Results: Median age was 25 months (7 days to 199 months) and 52,3% were males. Age distribution was significantly different between ES and OW groups, where infants younger than 2 years were more frequently located in the OW (p < 0,0000). Hospitalization from OW was higher (10,4%) compared to ES (2,8%) (p = 0,000). The most common causes for admission were pneumonia and febrile syndrome; instead, most cases of laryngitis (98%), acute asthma (100%), enteric dehydration (96,5%) and febrile seizures (85,7%) were resolved at OW without admission. Conclusions: Patients handled at OW were significantly different from those seen in ES. OW is relevant for ES functioning, where various acute diseases are resolved, avoiding further hospitalization.