Quantifying the risk of nosocomial infection within Ebola Holding Units: a retrospective cohort study of negative patients discharged from five Ebola Holding Units in Western Area, Sierra Leone
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- 作者：Paul Arkell ; Daniel Youkee ; Colin S. Brown ; Abdul Kamara ; Thaim B. Kamara ; Oliver Johnson ; Marta Lado ; Viginia George ; Fatmata Koroma ; Matilda B. King ; Benson E. Parker and Peter Baker
- 刊名：Tropical Medicine & International Health
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：22
- 期：1
- 页码：32-40
- 全文大小：142K
- ISSN：1365-3156
文摘
A central pillar in the response to the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Sierra Leone was the role of Ebola Holding Units (EHUs). These units isolated patients meeting a suspect case definition, tested them for EVD, initiated appropriate early treatment and discharged negative patients to onward inpatient care or home. Positive patients were referred to Ebola Treatment Centres. We aimed to estimate the risk of nosocomial transmission within these EHUs.