Pandemic influenza and major disease outbreak preparedness in US emergency departments: A survey of medical directors and department chairs.

CONCLUSIONS: Significant deficits in preparedness for pandemic influenza and other disease outbreaks exist in US EDs, relative to HHS guidelines, which appear to be related in part to ED size. Further study should be undertaken to determine the barriers to appropriate pandemic preparedness, as well as to develop and validate preparedness metrics. PMID: 32803747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Disaster Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Am J Disaster Med Source Type: research