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Rapid Response of an Academic Surgical Department to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients, Surgeons, and the Community. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundAs the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread, swift actions and preparation are critical for ensuring the best outcomes for patients and providers.
Conte, Michael C, Lancaster, Elizabeth M, Pierce, Logan, Sammann, Amanda, Shen, Wen, Sosa, Julie A, Wick, Elizabeth C   +6 more
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Interventions to Control Virus Transmission During an Outbreak of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Experience from Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. [PDF]

, 1999
On 6 May 1995, the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) coordinator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), received a request for assistance for what was believed to be a concurrent outbreak of bacillary dysentery and viral hemorrhagic fever ...
Kerstiëns, B, Matthys, F
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Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background: The health and safety of people are often endangered during emergencies and disasters. Efficient emergency management systems ensure that mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery actions exist to preserve the health, safety, and ...
Estella Antoinette Boateng-Osei, Isaac Osei, Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Diji, Bernice Agyeman Pambour, Rejoice Wireko-Gyebi, Portia Okyere, Alberta Yemotsoo Lomotey   +6 more
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Rethinking health sector procurement as developmental linkages in East Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Health care forms a large economic sector in all countries, and procurement of medicines and other essential commodities necessarily creates economic linkages between a country's health sector and local and international industrial development.
Abimola, Banda, Bigdeli, Caroline Israel, Chataway, Chaudhuri, Ewen, Flecker, Gereffi, Global Fund, Huff-Rousselle, Höllein, Joan Kariuki Kungu, Kaplinsky, KEMSA Task Force, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Massard da Fonseca, Maureen Mackintosh, Medical Stores Department (MSD), Mercy Karimi Njeru, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), Ministry of Medical Services and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (MoMS & MPHS), Mujinja, Olcay, Opwora, Ozawa, Paula Tibandebage, Pazirandeh, Phares G.M. Mujinja, Shadlen, Sidibé, Srinivas, UNIDO, United Republic of Tanzania (URT), United Republic of Tanzania (URT), United Republic of Tanzania (URT), Waako, Wafula, Wang'Ombe, WHO, Wiedenmayer, Yadav, Yadav   +43 more
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Emergency management of nursing human resources and supplies to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2020
Objective: To introduce the emergency management of nursing human resources and supplies of a large general hospital when facing the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).
Yu Liu, Hui Wang, Junhua Chen, Xiaoyun Zhang, Xiao Yue, Jian Ke, Binghua Wang, Chaohua Peng   +7 more
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The Effect Of The Supply Of Personal Protective Equipment, Implementation Of Health Protocol, And Patient Honesty On The Safety Of Health Personnel In The Er And Infantry Room Of Pure Teguh Hospital

International Journal of Health and Pharmaceutical (IJHP), 2022
Many health workers in the world have been exposed and some have even died from COVID-19, which is currently a global pandemic. This is thought to be influenced by the personal protective equipment used by health workers, the implementation of health protocols carried out by health workers, and the honesty of patients in conveying their complaints ...
Linawaty Linawaty, Chrismis Novalinda Ginting, Sri Wahyuni Nasution, Ermi Girsang   +3 more
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N95 Mask Decontamination using Standard Hospital Sterilization Technologies

medRxiv, 2020
The response to the COVID19 epidemic is generating severe shortages of personal protective equipment around the world. In particular, the supply of N95 respirator masks has become severely depleted with supplies having to be rationed and health care ...
Anand Kumar, S. Kasloff, Anders Leung, T. Cutts, J. Strong, K. Hills, G. Vazquez-Grande, Barret Rush, S. Lother, R. Zarychanski, J. Krishnan   +10 more
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Regional anaesthesia practice in public hospitals in Botswana: A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionLittle is known about the regional anesthesia practice in low resources settings (LRS). The aim of this study was to describe the regional anesthesia capacity, characteristics of regional anesthesia practice, and challenges and solutions of ...
Mamo Kassa, Farai Madzimbamuto, Gaone Kediegite, Eugene Tuyishime   +3 more
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Inactivation of multiple human pathogens by Fathhome's dry sanitizer device: Rapid and eco-friendly ozone-based disinfection

Medicine in Microecology, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly, causing millions of deaths across the globe. As a result, demand for medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) surged and supplies dwindled. Separate entirely, hospital-acquired infections have become commonplace
Ryan Kenneally, Quentin Lawrence, Ella Brydon, Kenneth H. Wan, Jian-Hua Mao, Subhash C. Verma, Amir Khazaieli, Susan E. Celniker, Antoine M. Snijders   +8 more
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The Physician Fee Schedule Was Not Built for High-Cost Supplies and Equipment

Cureus
As reimbursement from the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) continues to decline, cuts to practice expense relative value units disproportionately impact office-based interventionalists and private practices that rely on high-cost equipment.
David Rasmussen, Amulya Yalamanchili, Bob Tahara, Gerald A Niedzwiecki, Jason McKitrick, Tarita O Thomas   +5 more
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