TY - JOUR
T1 - First Italian Ebola virus disease case
T2 - Management of hospital internal and external communication
AU - Salce, Lorella
AU - Barbato, Simona
AU - Renna, Daniela
AU - Bianchini, Francesco
AU - Vaccaro, Paola
AU - Mazzeo, Fabio
AU - Gasparini, Annunziatina
AU - Rizza, Claudio
AU - Lanfranchi, Emanuele
AU - Petrosillo, Nicola
AU - Nicastri, Emanuele
AU - Di Caro, Antonino
AU - Capobianchi, Maria R.
AU - Puro, Vincenzo
AU - Ippolito, Giuseppe
AU - Bevilacqua, Nazario
AU - Boumis, Evangelo
AU - Cicalini, Stefania
AU - Chinello, Pierangelo
AU - Corpolongo, Angela
AU - Galati, Vincenzo
AU - Mariano, Andrea
AU - Rosati, Silvia
AU - Taglietti, Fabrizio
AU - Vincenzi, Laura
AU - Antonini, Mario
AU - Caravella, Ilaria
AU - Garotto, Gabriele
AU - Marchioni, Luisa
AU - Maritti, Micaela
AU - Biava, Gianluigi
AU - Rizzi, Elisa Busi
AU - Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria
AU - Castilletti, Concetta
AU - Bordi, Licia
AU - Lalle, Eleonora
AU - Meschi, Silvia
AU - Lapa, Daniele
AU - Marsella, Patrizia
AU - Colavita, Francesca
AU - Chiappini, Roberta
AU - Mazzarelli, Antonio
AU - Quartu, Serena
AU - Agrati, Chiara
AU - Carletti, Fabrizio
AU - Forbici, Federica
AU - Valli, Maria Beatrice
AU - Abbate, Isabella
AU - Amendola, Alessandra
AU - Garbuglia, Anna Rosa
AU - Paglia, Maria Grazia
AU - Bordi, Eugenio
AU - Travaglini, Damiano
AU - Toffoletti, Antonietta
AU - Battisti, Gianni
AU - Coppola, Alessanda
AU - De Marchis, Loredana
AU - De Marco, Nicola
AU - Giacomini, Paolo
AU - Di Gianbattista, Fabio
AU - Guiducci, Mario
AU - Marasco, Antonio
AU - Marzolini, Antonella
AU - Mercuri, Alessandro
AU - Nieddu, Paola
AU - Ondedei, Silvia
AU - Vescovo, Maurizio
AU - Vitolo, Laura
AU - Morea, Maurizio
AU - Battisti, Gaetano
AU - Liguori, Marco
AU - Lauria, Francesco Nicola
AU - Russo, Antonio
AU - D'Aprile, Paolo
AU - Petrecchia, Antonella
AU - Gentile, Marco
AU - Pittalis, Silvia
AU - Martini, Lorena
AU - Fusco, Francesco Maria
AU - Lanini, Simone
AU - Antinori, Andrea
AU - Alberti, Valerio Fabio
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - On November 25, 2014, an Italian physician infected by Ebola virus in Sierra Leone was admitted to the "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome, Italy. He was the first Italian case and was successfully cured in 38 days. The staff responsible for communication had a critical role ensuring that this challenging mission went smoothly. The Institutional Press Office working together with the press offices of the Ministry of Health was able to provide the high level of expertise necessary within both medical and communication contexts. Communication strategy, tools and procedures adopted before and after the arrival of the patient are summarized.
AB - On November 25, 2014, an Italian physician infected by Ebola virus in Sierra Leone was admitted to the "Lazzaro Spallanzani" National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome, Italy. He was the first Italian case and was successfully cured in 38 days. The staff responsible for communication had a critical role ensuring that this challenging mission went smoothly. The Institutional Press Office working together with the press offices of the Ministry of Health was able to provide the high level of expertise necessary within both medical and communication contexts. Communication strategy, tools and procedures adopted before and after the arrival of the patient are summarized.
KW - Communication strategy
KW - Ebola
KW - Italy
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26485015
AN - SCOPUS:84947943365
SN - 1121-7138
VL - 38
SP - 565
EP - 570
JO - New Microbiologica
JF - New Microbiologica
IS - 4
ER -