Title

Emergency Department Security: A Call For Reassessment

Keywords

Biological weapons; Bioterrorism; Chemical weapons; Disaster planning; ER security

Abstract

Numerous articles tell of the security breaches hospital emergency rooms face on a daily basis. The recent events of September 11th have further complicated these breaches, and have shed new light on previously ignored issues surrounding bioterrorism. In previous disaster scenarios there has been a “script” to follow; however bioterrorism follows no script and presents a host of new security issues. Successful delineation of the characteristics of bioterrorist weapons is only the first step in dealing with such a scenario, and will set into motion a series of events seen only on small levels in the past. © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Publication Title

Health Care Manager

Volume

21

Issue

1

Number of Pages

65-73

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00126450-200209000-00006

Socpus ID

0036726830 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0036726830

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