Trends in compliance with the guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis among New Jersey hospitals, 1989 to 1996

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 337-340

  Manangan, Lilia P ^a,c   Collazo, Edgar R ^a   Tokars, Jerome ^a   Paul, Sindy ^b   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; GAS MASK; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW JERSEY; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033124707     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501627     Document Type: Article

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