Surge Capacity for Response to Bioterrorism in Hospital Clinical Microbiology Laboratories

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5372-5376

  Shapiro, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BLOOD CULTURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOTERRORISM; BOSTON; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0346219034     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5372-5376.2003     Document Type: Article

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