Hospitals that (would) take care of EDV patients | Other hospitals | Significance | |||
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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 |