Hospital Preparedness for Outbreak at Patan Hospital: Lesson Learnt from COVID-19.
J Nepal Health Res Counc
; 18(1): 142-143, 2020 Apr 20.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-127689
ABSTRACT
Patan Academy of Health Sciences started preparedness for COVID-19 in response to increasing number of patient in neighboring country. Outbreak preparedness in resource limited setup is challenging. Despite this, preparedness was done in reference to WHO interim guidance utilizing best available resources. During this preparedness, one patient was isolated as suspected COVID-19. This paper presents level of preparedness achieved with the limited resources and the lesson learned while isolating the patient. Keywords COVID-19; Disaster; hospital preparedness.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Disease Outbreaks
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Civil Defense
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Coronavirus Infections
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Coronavirus
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Disaster Planning
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Emergency Medicine
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Nepal Health Res Counc
Journal subject:
Health Services Research
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jnhrc.v18i1.2547
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