Response of a community hospital and its emergency department to the H1N1 pandemic influenza.
Hospital's faced with surges in patient visits during the H1N1 pandemic and who were unable to redirect patients to community influenza clinics had a variety of response options. This article reviews the implementation and impact of an "in-hospital" Emergency Department based influenza clinic.
Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, ON, Canada. dkollek@cogeco.ca
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D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology