Prevention of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in health care workers: A case study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-79

  Fishman, M ^a   Fort, G G ^a   Mikolich, D J ^a  

^a St Joseph Health Services of RI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PRION PROTEIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031939731     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(98)70065-3     Document Type: Article

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