Lessons from the fatal virus outbreak in Wanaque

The importance of hand-washing is an obvious takeaway


As the Wanaque virus outbreak winds down, people are searching for lessons about how to avoid similar tragedies, according to an article on the North Jersey website. 

The importance of hand-washing is an obvious takeaway.

Also,long-term care centers for children need more rooms for potential isolation purposes.

At Wanaque, there was no room to isolate patients until mid-November, when deaths and hospitalizations had created enough vacancies in the ventilator unit

Read the article.

 

 



December 21, 2018


Topic Area: Infection Control


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