Factors associated with single-room assignment among patients admitted through the emergency department during influenza epidemics.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Every winter, emergency departments (EDs) face overcrowding with patients presenting influenza-like symptoms, and organisational issues such as single room assignment and droplet precautions to avoid hospital-acquired influenza. Our main objective was to assess the i...

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Main Authors: Donia Bouzid, Benoit Visseaux, Anne Perozziello, Xavier Lescure, Xavier Duval, Enrique Casalino, Jean Christophe Lucet, ED influenza management study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237214