Bioemergency Planning A Guide for Healthcare Facilities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hewlett, Angela (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), K. Murthy, A. Rekha (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Infectious diseases.; Emergency medicine.; Epidemiology.; Public health.; Nursing.; Infectious Diseases.; Emergency Medicine.; Public Health.

This text gathers the weaknesses revealed during recent infections outbreaks and organizes them into a guide for combating the trends in emerging infections as they relate to hospital preparedness. As the first book to exclusively explore infectious emergencies, the text begins by reviewing potentia...

Table of Contents:

• Communicable Diseases and Emerging Pathogens: The Past, Present, and Future of High-Level Containment Care
• Designing Medical Facilities to Care for Patients with Highly Hazardous Communicable Diseases
• Administrative Considerations When Preparing For Bioemergencies.-Communications in Times of Crisis: A Narrative
• Strategies for Waste Management and Decontamination
• Laboratory Processing of Specimens
• Staffing
• Transportation of Patients in a Bioemergency
• Special Populations: Labor and Delivery
• Biocontainment Principles for Pediatric Patients
• Care of Ebola Infected Human Remains
• Evaluation of the Person Under Investigation
• Maintenance of Preparedness
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Human Subjects Research in Bioemergencies
• Behavioral Health Support for Patients, Families and Healthcare Workers.