Question

During norovirus outbreak in the nursing home Identify and describe at least three lessons learned as risk manager?

Answer 1

Lessons learned as a risk manager during the norovirus outbreak:

• As this event was distinct in size and effects from past outbreaks, this was an significant learning experience on potential strategies for treating pathogens.
• The presence of two government organizations has possibly compounded the effects of this epidemic, hurrying decisions on shutting wards and cutting services.
• This accident, initially described as a severe norovirus epidemic, quickly evolved into a significant disturbance to emergency and elective services.
• Improvements in the wake of this accident concentrated on maintenance practices not contained in the formal evaluation recommendations; such measures were under middle management jurisdiction, while costly adjustments to aging facilities were not.
• Changes in the wake of these events are influenced by the environment in which the event took place, and in this situation by the financial and local political circumstances affecting this institution, and by the two different authorities concerned' varying opinions and interests.