Controlling infectious disease outbreaks in low-income and middle-income countries

When an infectious disease outbreak is detected or suspected, a healthcare facility’s infection control personnel should be notified and an outbreak control team formed that is pertinent to the size and severity of the outbreak and healthcare facility. Management of an infectious disease outbreak in...

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Published in:Current treatment options in infectious disease 2018, Vol.10 (1), p.55-64
Main Authors: Caeiro, Juan Pablo, Garzón, María I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Epidemics
Infection Prevention and Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries (C Bardossy
Infection Prevention and Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries (C Bardossy, Section Editor)
Infectious Diseases
Low income groups
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Outbreaks
Section Editor
Topical Collection on Infection Prevention and Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries
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Summary:When an infectious disease outbreak is detected or suspected, a healthcare facility’s infection control personnel should be notified and an outbreak control team formed that is pertinent to the size and severity of the outbreak and healthcare facility. Management of an infectious disease outbreak in a middle- or low-income country is challenging. Cost-effective recommendations that are easy to carry out and that have been stratified according to the type of infection and prevention and control intervention used are provided in this paper and constitute basic practices.
ISSN:1523-3820
1534-6250
1534-6250
DOI:10.1007/s40506-018-0154-z