Tools
Tools
Horne, Simon, Forbes, K, Burns, Daniel S and Tuck, Jjh (2017) An outbreak inside an epidemic: managing an infectious disease outbreak while treating Ebola. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 163 (1). pp. 7-12. ISSN 0035-8665. This article is available to all HEFT staff and students via ASK Discovery tool http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their HEFT Athens login IDs
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Even in the middle of an epidemic of a very serious illness, outbreaks of other infectious diseases will continue. Clinicians need to be able to make rapid decisions about the nature of the outbreak and how to manage it. A balance needs to be struck between managing all patients as if they have the worst-case scenario illness and the resultant risks to themselves, their colleagues and the mission. This paper reviews basic epidemiological tools that inform robust decision-making in the management of such outbreaks. It then describes how a pragmatic approach, combined with effective use of these techniques, rapid diagnostics and remote specialist support, allowed a large outbreak of gastroenteritis to be safely and effectively managed during the response to the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Sierra Leone.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | This article is available to all HEFT staff and students via ASK Discovery tool http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their HEFT Athens login IDs |
| Subjects: | WC Communicabable diseases WC Communicabable diseases > WC680 Tropical medicine |
| Divisions: | Clinical Support > Infectious Diseases |
| Related URLs: | |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Caroline Tranter |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2017 15:50 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2017 15:50 |
| URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/1431 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
