COVID-19 : management and infection control

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide to date. The emergence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has created immense pressure on health services and complex challenges in public health. Essential features in managing COVID-19 include best-practice care for the individual but also minimizing exposure to uninfected patients, staff and the wider community. The central tenets in limiting disease transmission involves strict infection and prevention control, categorizing COVID-19 cases as possible, probable or confirmed, alongside contact tracing, isolation, hand hygiene and droplet precautions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.) - 49(2021), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 794-796

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harte, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Hamzah, Lisa [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

COVID-19
Infection and prevention control
Journal Article
Public health
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 29.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.09.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331260247