Assessment of New York City Urgent Care Centers’ Emergency Preparedness and Infection Prevention and Control Practices, 2016–2017 | Zendy

Jasmine Jacobs-Wingo | Zendy; Norman Beatty | Zendy; Kristine Jang | Zendy; Mary Foote | Zendy

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Assessment 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.

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