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Coronavirus: How Can Hospitals Prepare?

By: Enrique Bakemeyer
Date: February 3, 2020
Category: Cost & Quality
Filed under: communicable disease, contact precautions, coronavirus, infection control, infectious disease, patient screening

Last week, the coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city Wuhan continued to spread. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency, and the first case of person-to-person virus transmission was recorded in the United States. The coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of other viral outbreaks in recent memory, including Ebola in 2014, and SARS in […]