TY  - JOUR
TI  - Development and evaluation of a hand held computer based on-call pack for health protection out of hours duty: a pilot study
AV  - public
Y1  - 2005/04/11/
VL  - 5
N1  - © 2005 Abubakar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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PMCID: PMC1084354
ID  - discovery1354014
N2  - The on call service for health protection in most parts of the UK is provided by general public health consultants, registrars and nurses as the first tier of response backed up by medical consultants in health protection. The first tier responder usually carries a large bag of papers containing both local and national guidance on the management of common cases/incidents. An electronic on call pack may provide a suitable practical alternative to large paper based systems and help professionals deliver out of hours health protection advice and response to incidents.
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-35
JF  - BMC Public Health
KW  - After-Hours Care
KW  -  Clinical Competence
KW  -  Computers
KW  -  Handheld
KW  -  Databases
KW  -  Bibliographic
KW  -  Education
KW  -  Medical
KW  -  Continuing
KW  -  England
KW  -  Humans
KW  -  Information Services
KW  -  Meningococcal Infections
KW  -  Pilot Projects
KW  -  Practice Guidelines as Topic
KW  -  Program Development
KW  -  Time Factors
A1  - Abubakar, I
A1  - Williams, CJ
A1  - McEvoy, M
ER  -