EMTs' knowledge regarding transmission of infectious disease

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-61

  Mencl, Francis ^a   Birkle, Matthew ^a   Blanda, Michelle ^a   Gerson, Lowell W ^b  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; EMT; Knowledge; Risk; Universal precautions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; MENINGITIS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033980291     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941669     Document Type: Article

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