Infection control and anesthesia: Lessons learned from the Toronto SARS outbreak

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 989-997

  Peng, Philip W H ^a   Wong, David T ^a   Bevan, David ^a   Gardam, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; FACE MASK; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0942266301     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018361     Document Type: Article

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