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Influenza
Investigators at Groningen University have published new data on influenza
November 18th, 2008
According to a study from Netherlands, "In the Netherlands a major part of preparedness planning for an epidemic or pandemic consists of maintaining essential public services, e.g., by the police, fire departments, army personnel, and healthcare workers. We provide estimates for peak demand for healthcare workers, factoring in healthcare worker absenteeism and using estimates from published epidemiologic models on the expected evolution of pandemic influenza in relation to the impact on peak surge capacity of healthcare facilities and intensive care units (ICUs)." "Using various published scenarios, we estimate their effect in increasing the availability of healthcare...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-18)
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