UK preparedness for children with Ebola infection

Arch Dis Child. 2015 May;100(5):421-3. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307860. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Authors

Jethro A Herberg¹, Marieke Emonts², Michael Jacobs³, Andrew Riordan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Newcastle upon Tyne Foundation Trust Hospitals, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
³ High Level Isolation Unit, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 25694613
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307860

No abstract available

Keywords: Ebola; HLIU; Infectious Diseases; Intensive Care; Trexler.

MeSH terms

Child
Delivery of Health Care
Disaster Planning / organization & administration*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis*
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / therapy
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Patient Admission*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quarantine
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Workforce