Letters
Outbreak
Outbreak: stay calm but take prompt and decisive action
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3242 (Published 26 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3242
- Walid Al-Wali, senior consultant medical microbiologist, vice-chair of infection prevention and control,
- Naser Asad Al-Ansari, senior consultant microbiologist, director for infection prevention and control
- Al-Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Al-Wakra, Qatar
- walmeeto{at}hotmail.co.uk
We read with interest Rimmer’s reflection on the concept of outbreak.1
Firstly, an outbreak, in whatever circumstances it occurs, is caused by the same organism. This means that it is not enough that …
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