Appropriate use of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers in public sector hospitals and primary healthcare polyclinics during the SARS outbreak in Singapore

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 473-477

  Chia, S E ^a   Koh, D ^a   Fones, C ^a   Qian, F ^a   Ng, V ^a   Tan, B H ^b   Wong, K S ^b   Chew, W M ^c   Tang, H K ^c   Ng, W ^d   Muttakin, Z ^d   Emmanuel, S ^e   Fong, N P ^f   Koh, G ^g   Lim, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^f St Luke's Community Hospital   (United States)

^g Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL MASK; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASKS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 21344458996     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.015024     Document Type: Article

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