AIDS, emergency operations, and infection control

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 532-538

  Wittmann, Mark Matthias ^a   Wittmann, Annemarei ^b   Wittmann, Dietmar H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK; STANDARD; SURGERY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0030203733     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141288     Document Type: Article

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