Preparing for patients with high-consequence infectious diseases: Example of a high-level isolation unit.
<h4>Introduction</h4>Patients with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCID) are rare in Western Europe. However, high-level isolation units (HLIU) must always be prepared for patient admission. Case fatality rates of HCID can be reduced by providing optimal intensive care management....
Main Authors: | Frieder Pfäfflin, Miriam Songa Stegemann, Katrin Moira Heim, Stephan Achterberg, Ursula Pfitzner, Louise Götze, Lars Oesterhelweg, Norbert Suttorp, Christian Herzog, Benjamin Stadtmann, Alexander Uhrig |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0264644&type=printable |
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