Outbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in two hospital wards

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-31

  Stefkovicova M ^a   Sokolik J ^b   Vicianova V ^b   Mad'ar, R ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (Slovakia)

^b Hospital in Tren in   (Slovakia)

^c Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin and University Hospital Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Control measures; Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; Hospital outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; NEGLIGENCE; OUTPATIENT; SAMPLING; VIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; SLOVAKIA; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 17144387496     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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