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Severe Acute Respiratory Infection and Hospital Stress: Patterns and Impact

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The speaker is a medical intensivist and clinical epidemiology researcher who studies healthcare capacity strain. They were part of the SARI PREP group, which aimed to understand hospital stress and strain during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was collected through a weekly survey that assessed perceived stress, deviations from standard operating procedures, staffing, and equipment availability. The study found that hospitals reported stress in around 43% of hospital weeks, with the most common deviations being increasing staffing, denying inter-hospital transfers, and canceling elective surgeries. There was a correlation between local SARS-CoV-2 cases and hospital stress, with higher case counts associated with increased odds of reporting stress. Hospital stress measures persisted for weeks after a surge's peak, with emergency department stress resolving the earliest. The findings have implications for hospital preparedness and future surveillance efforts.

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Sepsis, Quality and Patient Safety, 2023

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Type: one-hour concurrent | SARI-PREP: Outcomes From a Multicenter Consortium (SessionID 9999901)

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Content Type Presentation

Knowledge Area Sepsis

Knowledge Area Quality and Patient Safety

Membership Level Professional

Membership Level Select

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Tag Sepsis

Year 2023

Keywords

healthcare capacity strain

SARI PREP group

hospital stress

inter-hospital transfers

hospital preparedness

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