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Research from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Area of Pandemics Published

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 30th, 2011

2011 AUG 30 -- Research findings, "Hospital-based pandemic influenza preparedness and response: strategies to increase surge capacity," are discussed in a new report. "In the spring of 2009, the first patients infected with 2009 H1N1 virus were arriving for care in hospitals in the United States. Anticipating a second wave of infection, our hospital leaders initiated multidisciplinary planning activities to prepare to increase capacity by expansion of emergency department (ED) and inpatient functional space and redeployment of medical personnel," scientists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania report.

"EXPERIENCE: During the fall pandemic surge, this urban,...

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