Perceptions of postoutbreak management by management and healthcare workers of a Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in a tertiary care hospital: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examines perceptions of the operational and organisational management of a major outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Perspectives were sought from key decision-makers and clinical staff about the factors perceived to promote and inhibit effective and rapid control of the outbreak.

Setting

A large teaching tertiary healthcare centre in KSA; the outbreak lasted 6 weeks from June 2015.

Participants

Data were collected via individual and focus group interviews with 28 key informant participants (9 management decision-makers and 19 frontline healthcare workers).

Design

We used qualitative methods of process evaluation to examine perceptions of the out

SUBMITTER: Al Knawy BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502063 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature