Providing nursing care to Ebola virus disease patients: China Ebola Treatment Unit experience

Cao Jie; Zhang Lingjuan; Xi Huijun; Lu Xiaoying; Chu Danfeng; Xie Minghui; Li Li; Chen Jue

doi:10.7189/jogh.05.0203021

Journal of Global Health (Dec 2015)

Providing nursing care to Ebola virus disease patients: China Ebola Treatment Unit experience

Cao Jie,
Zhang Lingjuan,
Xi Huijun,
Lu Xiaoying,
Chu Danfeng,
Xie Minghui,
Li Li,
Chen Jue

Affiliations

Cao Jie: Urology Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Zhang Lingjuan: Nursing Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Xi Huijun: Nursing Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Lu Xiaoying: Nursing Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Chu Danfeng: Neurosurgical Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Xie Minghui: Radiology Department of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Li Li: Nursing Department of Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China
Chen Jue: Nursing Clinics of Shanghai Hospital affiliated to the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, Peoples’ Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.05.0203021
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 2

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Principle of “Extreme Caution” is never to be underestimated in order to reach the “Zero Infection” goal among medical and nursing staff. Ebola virus disease is not a “horrible monsters” if medical and nursing staff strictly follow personal protection principles.

Published in Journal of Global Health

ISSN: 2047-2978 (Print); 2047-2986 (Online)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Global Health Society
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://jogh.org

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