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Table 1 Administrative operational support

From: Preparedness of institutions around the world for managing patients with Ebola virus disease: an infection control readiness checklist

 

Hospitals that (would) take care of EDV patients

Other hospitals

Significance

Administrative/Operational support

In place

Action needed

In place

Action needed

IPC is represented in the Hospital Operations Team preparing for EVD

57 (69.5)

4 (4.9)

46 (63.9)

3 (4.2)

0.7

There is a notification system to alert the hospital Operations and Infection Control of suspect cases of EVD

61 (73.5)

7 (8.4)

51 (70.8)

3 (4.2)

0.4

Daily surveillance reports are circulated on unexpected deaths in hospital

20 (24.1)

30 (36.1)

15 (20.8)

23 (31.9)

0.62

Daily surveillance reports are circulated on unexplained illness in travelers

30 (36.6)

26 (31.7)

19 (26.4)

25 (34.7)

0.5

“Frontline” staff are aware of the surveillance systems and know how to notify suspect cases of EVD

56 (68.3)

11 (13.4)

43 (60.6)

6 (8.5)

0.1

There are plans in place to conduct regular in-house exercises to test systems put in place

41 (49.4)

18 (21.7)

20 (27.8)

14 (19.4)

< 0.01

A policy is in place to implement appropriate measures upon the notification of the first suspect case in the institution

57 (70.4)

12 (14.8)

48 (66.7)

11 (15.3)

0.9

A system is in place to monitor clusters of patients and staff with unexplained fever

27 (33.3)

30 (37.0)

19 (26.8)

29 (40.8)

0.67