Incidence management system of the healthcare institutions for disaster management in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incident management systems and disaster planning processes facilitate maximal use of available resources. Evaluation of the Incident Command System (ICS) is one of the top five key areas of research priority in the field of surge. The study was aimed at assessing the disaster preparedness and ICS of the public healthcare institutions for the disaster management in a disaster-prone district of Sri Lanka.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all public sector healthcare institutions (n = 74), including curative-healthcare institutions (n = 46) which have inward-care facilities for patient care and preventive healthcare institutions (n = 28) in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka from May-September 2019 using a validated interviewer administere

SUBMITTER: Rajapaksha NU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9867999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature