Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
THEME ISSUE
CHOLERA IN HAITI
Letter
Preparing Health Care Workers for a Cholera Epidemic, Dominican Republic, 2010
Consuelo Mendoza, Elissa Meites
, Elizabeth Briere, Jacqueline Gernay, Oliver Morgan, Nelson Rodriguez Monegro, and for the Hospital Preparedness Working Group
, Elizabeth Briere, Jacqueline Gernay, Oliver Morgan, Nelson Rodriguez Monegro, and for the Hospital Preparedness Working GroupTable
Percentage of 233 hospital staff correctly answering cholera knowledge assessment questions near the start of a cholera epidemic in the Dominican Republic, 2010
| Topic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Importance of rehydration | 207 (89) |
| Suspected cholera case definitions | 206 (88) |
| Nutrition for cholera patients | 198 (85) |
| Ideal type of intravenous fluid | 189 (81) |
| Infection control measures | 175 (75) |
| Environmental cleaning | 168 (72) |
| Risk factors for disease | 157 (67) |
| Handling cadavers | 146 (63) |
| Quantity and timing of intravenous fluid | 128 (55) |
| Uses of bleach solution | 128 (55) |
| Treatment of mild dehydration | 125 (54) |
| Identification of severe dehydration | 122 (52) |
| Treatment of severe dehydration | 108 (46) |
| Disinfection methods | 100 (43) |
1Additional members of the Hospital Preparedness Working Group who contributed data: Ada Compres, Edelmira Espaillat, Carolina Garcia, Lucas Gomez, Cesarina Hernandez, Rosa Sanchez, and Lilian de los Santos, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Javier Gabaldón and Alberto Romero, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Santo Domingo; and Robert Quick and Jennifer Verani, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
