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- Most existing biocontainment units (BCUs) in U.S. hospitals are not equipped to handle a large influx of patients with serious infectious diseases like COVID-19.
- The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for improved hospital preparedness, leading to a new strategy where trained nurses were deployed across the hospital as a BCU team.
- This team focused on creating safety guidelines, providing training on proper protective equipment use, and significantly enhancing staff education and support during the crisis.
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Most existing biocontainment units (BCUs) in U.S. hospitals are designed to care for a limited number of patients infected with epidemiologically significant pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic presented substantial challenges to hospital preparedness and operations because of its high incidence rate and the high risk of transmission to staff members. This article describes a novel practice innovation: a hospital-wide deployment of nurses on a trained BCU team to support hospital staff in safely caring for patients with COVID-19. Their responsibilities included assisting in the development of guidelines and providing training on safety protocols and the appropriate use of personal protective equipment. The authors show how this deployment contributed significantly to staff education and support during the pandemic.
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