Follow-up evaluation of respiratory isolation rooms in 10 midwestern hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 816-818

  Dahl, Karen M ^b   L'Ecuyer, Paul B ^b   Jones, Marilyn ^b   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROCLIMATE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRESSURE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030341983     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141178     Document Type: Review

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