TABLE. Median intervals from patient entry to implementation of specific infection control measures* in simulated measles (N = 53) and MERS (N = 42) scenarios — 49 New York City hospital emergency departments, December 2015–May 2016.
| Infection control measure | Measles scenarios |
MERS scenarios |
All scenarios |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. scenarios | Minutes, median (range) to implement | No. scenarios | Minutes, median (range) to implement | No. scenarios | Minutes, median (range) to implement | |
| Entry to triage |
52 |
1 (0–26) |
41 |
1 (0–30) |
93 |
1 (0–30) |
| Entry to masking |
45 |
1 (0–26) |
39 |
2 (0–47) |
84 |
1.5 (0–47) |
| Entry to isolation | 41 | 8 (1–41) | 35 | 11 (1–57) | 76 | 8.5 (1–57) |
Abbreviation: MERS = Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
* Drills with missing time stamps were excluded.