Challenges faced by hospital healthcare workers in using a syndrome-based surveillance system during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Taiwan

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-357

  Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a,b   Yen, Muh Yong ^c,d   Wu, Jiunn Shyan ^e   Chang, Fang Kuei ^e   Lin, Lih Wen ^e   Ho, Mei Shang ^f   Hsiung, Chao A ^g   Su, Ih Jen ^e   Marx, Melissa A ^h,i   Sobel, Howard ^j   King, Chwan Chuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARS VIRUS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947572486     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508835     Document Type: Article

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