Respiratory isolation of tuberculosis patients using clinical guidelines and an automated clinical decision support system

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-100

  Knirsch, Charles A ^a,c,e,f   Jain, Nilesh L ^b   Pablos Mendez, Ariel ^a,c   Friedman, Carol ^b,d   Hripcsak, George ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d City University of New York   (United States)

^e New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031990050     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141996     Document Type: Article

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