title: Outbreaks can be disasters: a guide to developing your plan.
abstract: Disaster can strike at any time. Most hospitals have a contingency plan for attack from without, but it can also happen from within as one small rural hospital discovered. The authors share practical tips for prevention, detection crisis management, and post-crisis follow-up based on principles of disaster planning. Experience is a great teacher and we can benefit from the authors' helpful tips for creating a more complete plan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. dmoralej@acs.ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Moralejo
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Porat
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural; D006801:Humans