Open AccessAssessment of New York City Urgent Care Centers’ Emergency Preparedness and Infection Prevention and Control Practices, 2016–2017
Author(s) -
Jasmine Jacobs-Wingo,
Norman Beatty,
Kristine Jang,
Mary Foote
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.492
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1938-744X
pISSN - 1935-7893
DOI - 10.1017/dmp.2021.23
Subject(s) - medical emergency , preparedness , health care , medicine , occupational safety and health , public health , poison control , nursing , political science , law , pathology
Urgent care centers (UCCs) have become frontline healthcare facilities for individuals with acute infectious diseases. Additionally, UCCs could potentially support the healthcare system response during a public health emergency. Investigators sought to assess NYC UCCs' implementation of nationally-recommended IPC and EP practices.