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Policy for managing a community infectious disease outbreak
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|June 1, 1991
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.
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.