Does a cheaper mask save money? The cost of implementing a respiratory personal protective equipment program

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-27

  Rivera, Pedro ^a   Louther, Joyce ^a   Mohr, James ^a   Campbell, Angela ^a   DeHovitz, Jack ^a,b   Sepkowitz, Kent A ^a,c,d  

^a St Vincents Midtown Hospital   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; RECYCLING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030635976     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141959     Document Type: Article

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