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ArticleThe Journal of hospital infection2018

Preparedness and the importance of meeting the needs of healthcare workers: a qualitative study on Ebola.

E Belfroid, J van Steenbergen, A Timen, P Ellerbroek, A Huis, M Hulscher

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Article in The Journal of hospital infection, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

E BelfroidRadboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Preparedness and Response Unit, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address: evelien.belfroid@rivm.nl.
J van SteenbergenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Preparedness and Response Unit, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
A TimenNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Preparedness and Response Unit, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
P EllerbroekDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
A HuisRadboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
M HulscherRadboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Medical Center · NLNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) face specific challenges in infectious disease outbreaks, which provide unusual, new events with exposure risk. The fear of infection or new, unknown tasks in an unfamiliar setting, for example, may complicate outbreak management.

aimTo gain insight into how healthcare organizations can prepare to meet the needs of their HCWs by capturing the experiences of HCWs with patients with suspected Ebola virus disease.

methodsWe conducted 23 in-depth interviews with HCWs, of whom 20 worked in a Dutch university hospital and three worked in a regional ambulance service. We invited HCWs who cared for patients with suspected Ebola or who were on the team preparing for admission of such patients in the period 2014-2015.

findingsThe HCWs were stressed and anxious, but most rated their overall experience as positive. We categorized the reported experiences in three main themes, namely, experiences related to: (i) the novelty of the threat, (ii) the risk of infection and fear of transmission, and (iii) the excessive attention. Our results underline the importance of a supportive working environment suitable for crises.

conclusionThe experiences of HCWs dealing with patients with suspected Ebola can direct improvements in generic preparedness for highly transmissible diseases.

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Disease ManagementHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeOccupational ExposureCommunicable Disease ControlDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleHealth PersonnelHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHospitals, UniversityHumansInterviews as TopicMaleNetherlandsEbola virusHealth and safetyHealthcare workerHospital managementInfectious diseaseOutbreaksWorkforce

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PMID28690117
PMCPMC7114583
OpenAlexW2731973789

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