scholarly journals How Can Nursing Teams Respond to Large-Scale COVID-19 Screening?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huihan Zhao ◽  
Yu He ◽  
Fang Brister ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Gaoye Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Nurse Training ◽  
Emergency Team ◽  
Sampling Schemes ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Leadership Group ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Nursing Teams

The COVID-19 virus has devastated lives and economies worldwide. The responses of nursing teams to large-scale COVID-19 screening have rarely been addressed or described. The aim of this study is to introduce an efficient response strategy for nurses in large-scale COVID-19 screening. A new COVID-19 case was confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 in Nanning, China. Immediately, a large-scale COVID-19 screening was launched and ran from Jan 14 to Jan 17, 2021. Our nurse team responding to the screening included three major components: (1) establishing a leadership group and a nucleic acid sampling emergency team; (2) defining, conducting, and evaluating nurse training; (3) implementing efficient sampling schemes (10 in 1 mixed sample technique). A total of 500 nurse volunteers were recruited and divided into three echelons. A total of 353 trained nurses were sent to 65 sampling stand stations. In cooperation with nurses from other health institutions, samples were collected from a total of 854,215 people in only 4 days for 2019-nCOV nucleic acid screening. The preparation and efficient response strategies used to conduct this screening may provide a baseline reference for future large-scale COVID-19 screening worldwide.

scholarly journals Comprehensive large-scale nucleic acid–testing strategies support China’s sustained containment of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongjie Li ◽  
Fengfeng Liu ◽  
Jinzhao Cui ◽  
Zhibin Peng ◽  
Zhaorui Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Nucleic Acid Testing ◽  
Testing Strategies

Features of an Intensive Care based Medical Emergency Team nurse training program in a University Teaching Hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Topple ◽  
Brooke Ryan ◽  
Richard McKay ◽  
Damien Blythe ◽  
John Rogan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Medical Emergency Team ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Nurse Training ◽  
Emergency Team

Do brand rumors matter? The role of brand equity and response strategy to brand rumor

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jihee Choi ◽  
Soobin Seo
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Responses ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Brand Crisis ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to investigate consumer responses to brand rumors and corporate rumor response strategies in the restaurant industry. Design/methodology/approach A scenario-based experimental design was used to examine changes in consumers’ brand evaluation depending on level of brand equity and corporate choice of response strategy. Findings It was found that the impact of brand rumors on consumer responses is more negative when the restaurant’s brand equity is low compared to when it is high. It was also found that a company's use of active response strategies is more effective in combating brand rumor than a strategy of simple denial. Practical implications The findings have significant implications for both academics and practitioners in terms of developing effective response strategies for counteracting brand rumors. Originality/value Given the frequency of brand rumors in the restaurant industry and their serious negative impacts, this study extends the existing brand crisis communication literature by demonstrating how consumers respond to a rumor and the effectiveness of different corporate rumor response strategies.

Nucleic acids in prion preparations: unspecific background or essential component?

1994 ◽  
Vol 343 (1306) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Nucleic Acids ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Size Range ◽  
Complete Recovery ◽  
Tissue Homogenate ◽  
Purification Step ◽  
Prolonged Incubation ◽  
Purification Scheme ◽  
Nucleic Acid Analysis

As recently published (Kellings et al. J. gen Vir. 73, 1025-1029 (1992)), the analysis of purified scrapie prions by return refocusing gel electrophoresis revealed remaining nucleic acids in the size range up to 1100 nucleotides. The results defined the possible characteristics of a hypothetical scrapie-specific nucleic acid. If homogeneous in size, such a molecule would be less than 80 nucleotides in length at a particle-toinfectivity ratio (p: i) near unity; if heterogeneous, scrapie-specific nucleic acids would have to include molecules smaller than 240 nucleotides. To decrease the amount of nucleic acids, several modifications of the PrP Sc purification scheme were introduced. Instead of sucrose gradient, ultrafiltration was applied as a purification step and nucleic acids were degraded by BenzonasetM after ultrafiltration, but significant reduction of the p: i ratio could not be achieved. To prevent trapping of nucleic acids in prion rods, nuclease (Benzonase™ ) was added into the tissue homogenate and incubated at 37°C, overnight. The Benzonase treatment revealed no loss of infectivity, but the whole procedure of nucleic acid analysis did not lead to a reduction of the p :i ratio. In another approach the number of nucleic acid degradations steps was reduced to essentially two steps: Zn 2+ hydrolysis and Benzonase digestion. Higher Zn 2+ concentrations and prolonged incubation times resulted in a more efficient nucleic acid degradation. The bioassays yielded complete recovery of infectivity. Large-scale preparations for determining the p: i ratio are still underway

Working towards sustainable urban water management: the vulnerability blind spot

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (12) ◽  
pp. 2362-2369 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Werbeloff ◽  
R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Sustainable Urban Water Management ◽  
Diversity Strategy

The unprecedented water scarcity in Australia coincides with the adoption of a new urban water rhetoric. The ‘Security through Diversity’ strategy has been adopted in a number of Australian cities as a new and innovative approach to urban water management. Although this strategy offers a more holistic approach to urban water management, in practice, the Security through Diversity strategy is largely being interpreted and implemented in a way that maintains the historical dependence on large scale, centralised water infrastructure and therefore perpetuates existing urban water vulnerabilities. This research explores the implementation of Security through Diversity as the new water scarcity response strategy in the cities of Perth and Melbourne. Through a qualitative study with over sixty-five urban water practitioners, the results reveal that the practitioners have absorbed the new Security through Diversity language whilst maintaining the existing problem and solution framework for urban water management. This can be explained in terms of an entrenched technological path dependency and cognitive lock-in that is preventing practitioners from more comprehensively engaging with the complexities of the Security through Diversity strategy, which is ultimately perpetuating the existing vulnerability of our cities. This paper suggests that greater engagement with the underlying purpose of the security though diversity strategy is a necessary first step to overcome the constraints of the traditional technological paradigm and more effectively reduce the continued vulnerability of Australian cities.

Toward a Model of Brand Creation for International Large-Scale Sporting Events: The Impact of Leadership, Context, and Nature of the Event

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 526-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena M. Parent ◽  
Benoit Séguin
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Initial Event ◽  
Leadership Group ◽  
Leadership Context ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Communication Paths ◽  
Brand Creation

The purpose of this study was to develop a model of brand creation for one-off large-scale sporting events. A case study of the 2005 Montreal FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation) World Championships highlighted the importance of the leadership group (which must include individuals with political/networking, business/management, and sport/event skills), the context, and the nature of the event for creating the event’s brand. The importance of each aspect is suggested to vary depending on the situation. For example, the lack of an initial event brand will result in the leadership group having the greatest impact on the event’s brand creation process. Findings also highlighted differing communication paths for internal and external stakeholders. Thus, this study contributes to the literature by focusing on brand creation and its related factors instead of the management and outcomes of a brand.

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 sample-to-answer nucleic acid testing in a tertiary care emergency department: evaluation and utility

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Jokela ◽  
Anu E Jääskeläinen ◽  
Hanna Jarva ◽  
Tanja Holma ◽  
Maarit J Ahava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Reference Method ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Specificity And Sensitivity ◽  
Department Evaluation ◽  
Test Result ◽  
Respiratory Specimens

AbstractRapid sample-to-answer tests for detection of SARS-CoV-2 are emerging and data on their relative performance is urgently needed. We evaluated the analytical performance of two rapid nucleic acid tests, Cepheid Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 and Mobidiag Novodiag® Covid-19, in comparison to a combination reference of three large-scale PCR tests. Moreover, utility of the Novodiag® test in tertiary care emergency departments was assessed. In the preliminary evaluation, analysis of 90 respiratory samples resulted in 100% specificity and sensitivity for Xpert®, whereas analysis of 107 samples resulted in 93.4% sensitivity and 100% specificity for Novodiag®. Rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing with Novodiag® was made available for four tertiary care emergency departments in Helsinki, Finland between 18 and 31 May, coinciding with a rapidly declining epidemic phase. Altogether 361 respiratory specimens, together with relevant clinical data, were analyzed with Novodiag® and reference tests: 355/361 of the specimens were negative with both methods, and 1/361 was positive in Novodiag® and negative by the reference method. Of the 5 remaining specimens, two were negative with Novodiag®, but positive with the reference method with late Ct values. On average, a test result using Novodiag® was available nearly 8 hours earlier than that obtained with the large-scale PCR tests. While the performance of novel sample-to-answer PCR tests need to be carefully evaluated, they may provide timely and reliable results in detection of SARS-CoV-2 and thus facilitate patient management including effective cohorting.

scholarly journals Headwinds in sports sponsoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 538-552
Author(s):  
Pytrik Schafraad ◽  
Joost W.M. Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Integral Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Teams ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Crisis Situation ◽  
Sports Team ◽  
Factor Design ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of a crisis situation in a sports team on the credibility of their sponsor and how the sponsor’s use of various crises response strategies may repair the damage done to their credibility. Design/methodology/approach A scenario experiment was conducted with a 2 (pre-/post-crisis) × 4 (sponsor response strategy: denial/distancing/rebuild/no response) mixed factor design. Respondents (n=191) were recruited from a research panel. Findings The results confirmed the existence of a spill-over effect: the sponsor’s credibility dropped as a result of the crisis. More interestingly, the effects of the crisis on sponsor credibility were moderated by the response strategy of the sponsor: the harm that the crisis did to the sponsor credibility was aggravated by a denial strategy, but somewhat weakened by a diminishing strategy. A rebuild response unexpectedly improved the credibility of the sponsor. Practical implications While partnerships in sports can be risky, because crises can be contagious, such partners can also help one another to protect their credibility. Therefore, this study advocates an integral approach of crisis communication. Sponsors may improve their credibility when they frame their contribution to the solution to the problems as an authentic effort to do good. Originality/value Starting from an issue arena perspective, this contribution shows how crises in sports teams also affect sponsors and how sponsors can contribute to the restoration of the damaged credibility with suitable responses to the crisis situation.

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