title: [After the crisis is before the crisis: Coping-strategies for public health emergency situations on different levels--experiences of the German E. coli outbreak 2011].
abstract: The German E. coli crisis in 2011 posed multifaceted challenges to the actors of the German health care system. This paper analyzes the outbreak from a multidisciplinary perspective. It offers best practices and general recommendations for future public health emergencies for hospitals as well as at the federal and local level, addressing medical practitioners as well as health care managers.
authors.forename: Carolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Auschra
authors.forename: Jan T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kielstein
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tecklenburg
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller-Seitz
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D054324:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005858:Germany; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D062486:Public Health Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014774:Virulence