Hospital details rapid response to MERS patient A combination of operational protocols and access to various technologies helped health officials at the hospital taking care of the first MERS patient in the U.S. respond quickly to the case and isolate the patient, they say. The major lesson from this first MERs experience in the U.S. for other healthcare providers is “to think about MERS you really need to get a good travel history,” said Dr. Daniel Feikin, the CDC medical epidemiologist who is leading the investigation of the reported case. “The key is getting that travel history right up front when youre interviewing the patient and then as soon as you suspect MERS—even before you do the testing—you should make sure you have that patient on isolation precautions so they dont spread to any other patients or healthcare workers.“ Patients who enter the emergency room at Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., with symptoms such as fever, cough or diarrhea are routinely kept in private triage rooms to prevent the risk of infectious diseases spreading, said Dr. Alan Kumar, chief medical and information officer for the hospital. Such was the case April 28 when the patient, who has been identified as the first reported case of MERS in the country, came in. modernhealthcare/article/20140506/NEWS/305069965/hospital-details-rapid-response-to-mers-patient&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=am?AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVEL1NZL1IzSkUvSHRlRU9zajBvZEErQlk=&utm_campaign=am&mh
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 11:40:06 +0000
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