Infection prevention and control practice for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever-A multi-center cross-sectional survey in Eurasia.

Tom E FletcherAbuova GulzhanSalih AhmetiSeif S Al-AbriZahide AsikAynur AtillaNick J BeechingHeval BilekIlkay BozkurtIva ChristovaFazilet DuyguSaban EsenArjun KhannaÇiğdem KaderMasoud MardaniFaisal MahmoodNana MamuchishviliNatalia PshenichnayaMustafa SunbulTuğba Y YalcinHakan Leblebicioglu

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Staff and patient safety must be improved and healthcare associated CCHF exposure and transmission eliminated. Improvements are recommended in isolation capacity in healthcare facilities, use of PPE and maintenance of adequate staffing levels. We recommend further audit of IP&C practice at individual units in endemic areas, as part of national quality assurance programs.

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healthcare
patient safety
quality improvement
primary care
health information
health insurance