SARS: Hospital infection control and admission strategies

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Tang, Xiao Ping ^b   Seto, Wing Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Handwashing; Infection control; Patient isolation; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; CROSS INFECTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRIAGE;

EID: 0347624086     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00523.x     Document Type: Review

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