The use of hospital-based nurses for the surveillance of potential disease outbreaks

The use of hospital-based nurses for the surveillance of potential disease outbreaks

OBJECTIVE: To study a novel surveillance system introduced in Mpumalanga Province, a rural area in the north-east of South Africa, in an attempt to address deficiences in the system of notification for infectious conditions that have the potential for causing outbreaks. METHODS: Hospital-based infec...

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Main Authors: Durrheim David N., Harris Bernice N., Speare Rick, Billinghurst Kelvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2001-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
nursing staff, hospital
sentinel surveillance
disease outbreaks/prevention and control
disease notification/methods
disease, syndrome
cholera/epidemiology
meningococcal infections/epidemiology
paralysis/epidemiology
South Africa
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001000100006

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