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Preparing for a COVID-19 pandemic: a review of operating room outbreak response measures in a large tertiary hospital in Singapore

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has been designated a public health emergency of international concern. To prepare for a pandemic, hospitals need a strategy to manage their space, staff, and supplies so that optimum care is provided to ...
Jolin Wong, Qing Yuan Goh, Zihui Tan, S. Lie, Yoong Chuan Tay, S. Ng, C. Soh   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Establishing a national indicator-based surveillance system for hospital bed utilization by COVID-19 patients in the Philippines

Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 2023
In March 2020, the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) designed and rapidly implemented a national surveillance system for the utilization of hospital beds by patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to produce complete and timely data for use by ...
Bienvenido S Cabaro, Gabrielle Ann T Dela Paz, Jeffrey B Dotingco, Bernadette Joy Q Almirol, Gabriel R. Borlongan, Reena Ophelia D Cebreros, Patrick B Diangco, Kenneth Pierre B Quijalvo, Joanne Pauline U Tan, Ramon Rafael D Tonato   +9 more
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The Challenge of Forecasting Demand of Medical Resources and Supplies During a Pandemic: A Comparative Evaluation of Three Surge Calculators for COVID-19

medRxiv, 2020
Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, there has been a public health debate concerning medical resources and supplies including hospital beds, intensive care units (ICU ...
A. Kamar, N. Maalouf, E. Hitti, Ghada El Eid, H. Isma'eel, I. H. Elhajj   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Approach to Assessing the Preparedness of Hospitals to Power Outages [PDF]

, 2017
Within the secondary impacts of electricity blackouts, it is necessary to pay attention to facilities providing medical care for the population, namely the hospitals.
Brehovská, Lenka, Nešporová, Veronika, Řehák, David   +2 more
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Quality indicators for the processing of health products: A mixed-methods study [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: to analyze the use of quality assessment indicators and their implementation to improve quality in the processing of health products. Method: a mixed-methods study with a multiple case approach using Structure, Process and Results indicators
Daniela Pontes, Denize Bouttelet Munari, Dayane de Melo Costa, Priscilla Perez da Silva Pereira, Elyana Teixeira Sousa, Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

SG-APSIC1110: Project quality development of zero stock

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objectives: Many medical devices and equipment have been reserved in hospital wards and outpatient departments. Among these items, >80% are not often used but are being reserved for emergency situations.
Tussanee Nimnaparoj
doaj   +1 more source

Requirements for Diagnosis of Malaria at Different Levels of the Laboratory Network in Africa. [PDF]

, 2009
The rapid increase of resistance to cheap, reliable antimalarials, the increasing cost of effective drugs, and the low specificity of clinical diagnosis has increased the need for more reliable diagnostic methods for malaria.
Barnish, Earl G. Long, Hopkins, Rafael, Redd, World Health Organization   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Essentials for emergency care: Lessons from an inventory assessment of an emergency centre in Sub-Saharan Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published lists of essential equipment and supplies for delivering emergency care in resource-limited settings. The objective of this study was to assess material resources available for adult emergency care at a ...
Kofi Marfo Osei, Baker Hamilton, Felicia Birch Freeman, Nii Nunoo, Susan B. Torrey, Sari Soghoian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing the trauma resuscitation bay during the covid-19 pandemic

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2020
The covid-19 global pandemic due to the SARS-CoV2 (CoV2) virus has created the need to adapt hospital workspaces and staffing models, and trauma is no exception. While the optimal configuration of a trauma resuscitation area is debatable, the space needs
Stephanie Bonne, David Hugh Livingston, Catherin Morello, Adam Fox   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning models for forecasting hospital resource utilization for COVID-19 patients in Canada

Scientific Reports, 2021
Hospitals in Canada are facing a crisis-level shortage of critical supplies and equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. This motivates us to create predictive models that can use Canada COVID-19 data and pandemic-related factors to accurately forecast 5 ...
Jianfei Zhang, H. Pathak, A. Snowdon, R. Greiner   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source