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Policy for managing a community infectious disease outbreak.

R M Frace1, J A Jahre

  • 1St. Luke's Hospital, Infection Control Department, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|June 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

A community teaching hospital developed an infectious disease emergency policy to manage outbreaks. This policy facilitates rapid deployment of resources during public health emergencies like hepatitis A.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Infectious Disease Management
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Hepatitis A outbreak in Eastern Pennsylvania in February 1990.
  • Prompted by the discovery of hepatitis A in foodhandlers, public health officials initiated a mass immunization campaign.