{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["4(3)"],"submitter":["Roshania R"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest ever recorded. Starting in September 2014, International Medical Corps (IMC) managed 5 Ebola treatment units (ETUs) in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which cumulatively cared for about 2,500 patients. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patient data collected at the 5 ETUs over 1 year of operations.Methods
To collect clinical and epidemiological data from the patient care areas, each chart was either manually copied across the fence between the high-risk zone and low-risk zone, imaged across the fence, or imaged in the high-risk zone. Each ETU's data were entered into a separate electronic database, and these were later combined into a single relational database. Lot quality assuran"],"journal":["Global health, science and practice"],"pagination":["394-409"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5042696"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Successful Implementation of a Multicountry Clinical Surveillance and Data Collection System for Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa: Findings and Lessons Learned."],"pmcid":["PMC5042696"],"pubmed_authors":["Mallow M","Cundy S","Dunbar N","Shetty P","Pham K","Abad M","Tran AM","Mansary D","Lyon T","Shedd E","Roshania R","Levine AC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Successful Implementation of a Multicountry Clinical Surveillance and Data Collection System for Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa: Findings and Lessons Learned.","description":"Background
The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa was the largest ever recorded. Starting in September 2014, International Medical Corps (IMC) managed 5 Ebola treatment units (ETUs) in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which cumulatively cared for about 2,500 patients. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patient data collected at the 5 ETUs over 1 year of operations.Methods
To collect clinical and epidemiological data from the patient care areas, each chart was either manually copied across the fence between the high-risk zone and low-risk zone, imaged across the fence, or imaged in the high-risk zone. Each ETU's data were entered into a separate electronic database, and these were later combined into a single relational database. Lot quality assuran","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 Sep","modification":"2025-04-26T15:05:36.065Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:25:32Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5042696","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27688716"],"doi":["10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00186"]}}