Management of patients infected with airborne-spread diseases: An algorithm for infection control professionals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 571-579

  Rebmann, Terri ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHICKENPOX; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; INFECTION CONTROL; LITERATURE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDLINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 28544448644     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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