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dc.contributor.authorConsidine, Julie
dc.contributor.authorShaban, Ramon Z
dc.contributor.authorPatrick, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorHolzhauser, Kerri
dc.contributor.authorAitken, Peter
dc.contributor.authorClark, Michele
dc.contributor.authorFielding, Elaine
dc.contributor.authorFitzGerald, Gerry
dc.contributor.editorAnthony F. T. Brown
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:04:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:42:34Z
dc.identifier.issn1742-6731
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01461.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42147
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza on the Australian emergency nursing and medicine workforce, specifically absenteeism and deployment. Methods: Data were collected using an online survey of 618 members of the three professional emergency medicine or emergency nursing colleges. Results: Despite significant increases in emergency demand during the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza, 56.6% of emergency nursing and medicine staff reported absenteeism of at least 1 day and only 8.5% of staff were redeployed. Staff illness with influenza-like illness was reported by 37% of respondents, and 87% of respondents who became ill were not tested for the Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza. Of the respondents who became ill, 43% (n= 79) reported missing no days of work and only 8% of respondents (n= 14) reported being absent for more than 5 days. The mean number of days away from work was 3.73 (standard deviation = 3.63). Factors anecdotally associated with staff absenteeism (caregiver responsibilities, concern about personal illness, concern about exposing family members to illness, school closures, risk of quarantine, stress and increased workload) appeared to be of little or no relevance. Redeployment was reported by 8% of respondents and the majority of redeployment was for operational reasons. Conclusion: Future research related to absenteeism, redeployment during actual pandemic events is urgently needed. Workforce data collection should be an integral part of organizational pandemic planning.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom615
dc.relation.ispartofpageto623
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEmergency Medicine Australasia
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAcute care
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420501
dc.titlePandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza in Australia: Absenteeism and redeployment of emergency medicine and nursing staff
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPatrick, Jen R.
gro.griffith.authorShaban, Ramon Z.
gro.griffith.authorHolzhauser, Kerri


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