title: Crisis prevention and management by infection control nurses during the Middle East respiratory coronavirus outbreak in Korea.
abstract: A Middle East respiratory coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak occurred in Korea between June 20 and July 28, 2015. A total of 186 patients were confirmed as being infected with MERS-CoV, 36 of whom died. Infection control nurses referred to hospital guidelines to address the screening and isolation needs of patients and instigated a variety of infection control activities to prevent MERS-CoV transmission at the frontlines of patient care. Their concerted effort is believed to have been instrumental in ending the outbreak.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Sil
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: icpkim@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Kyung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D009726:Nurses
keywords: MERS-CoV; Nurse