Contact networks in the emergency department: Effects of time, environment, patient characteristics, and staff role

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• 作者：Vicki Stover Hertzberg^a ; ^{vhertzb@emory.edu} ; Jason Baumgardner^a ; C. Christina Mehta^a ; Lisa K. Elon^a ; George Cotsonis^a ; Douglas W. Lowery-North^b
• 关键词：ED ; emergency department ; EHR ; electronic health record ; EMS ; emergency medical services ; GI ; gastrointestinal ; PP ; patient with patient ; PS ; patient with staff ; RFID ; radiofrequency identification ; RTLS ; real time location sensing ; SARS ; severe acute respiratory syndrome ; SP ; staff with patient ; SS ; staff with staff
• 刊名：Social Networks
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：48
• 期：Complete
• 页码：181-191
• 全文大小：439 K
• 卷排序：48

文摘

Infectious patients may infect other patients and staff in an emergency department. We used RFID to determine social contact networks of patients and staff in an ED. Black patients have 15 min more contact with staff than non-black patients. There are differences in contacts based on staff role and patient arrival mode. Our findings will help devise ways to artificially increase ED social distances.