Kozharskaya, G.V., Ponomarenko, N.Yu., Mikhailova, D.O., Romanenko, V.V., Yurovskikh, A.I., Smirnova, S.S., Bubnova, E.M., Shadrina, A.N., Ushkova, N.G.

Organization of work with nursing staff in Central City Hospital of Verkhnyaya Pyshma town during mass hospitalization of patients with pneumonia caused by Legionella

Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital «Scientific and practical rehabilitation center «Bonum»; Sverdlovsk regional Center for AIDS and Infectious Diseases Prevention; Ministry of Health of Sverdlovsk region, Ekaterinburg; Central City Hospital, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia

Data on organization and carrying out of preventive and antiepidemic measures in hospital during hospitalization of more than 197 patients with Pontiac fever and pneumonia caused by Legionella were presented. Directions and formats of work with medical personnel, including those invited from other medical institutions, as well as their information support were determined. Optimal choice of organizational, and educational technologies, as well as ways to control of compliance with implemented measures by the staff allowed to prevent cases of nosocomial infections in patients and medical personnel.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 97—100