Nosocomial respiratory syncytial virus infections: Prevention and control in bone marrow transplant patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Garcia, Ricardo ^a   Raad, Issam ^a,c   Abi Said, Dima ^a   Bodey, Gerald ^a   Champlin, Richard ^c   Tarrand, Jeffrey ^c   Hill, Lou Anne ^b   Umphrey, Jan ^b   Neumann, Joyce ^c   Englund, Janet ^d   Whimbey, Estella ^a  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Section of Infection Control   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSERVICE TRAINING; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RIBAVIRIN; RISK; TEXAS; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 0031156669     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141248     Document Type: Article

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