Infection control in your practice (AAFP annual scientific assembly)
November 12th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Cox
The next big respiratory disease epidemic could be in the form of the annual flu or something more exotic. But it is coming, and doctors should change what their offices look like in order to ensure they don’t contribute to its spread. Plans also need to be in place to make it more likely that care will be provided to the usual cadre of patients along with those infected by this pathogen, whatever it may be, according to several presentations at the American Academy of Family Physicians’ annual scientific assembly last month in Chicago.
“The key message is start now,” said Charles W. Mackett III, MD, associate professor and executive vice chair of the Dept. of Family Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. “We don’t want to plan for the next epidemic a week before it happens. Plan now, little bit by little bit.”