Impact of Bordetella pertussis exposures on a Massachusetts tertiary care medical system

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 708-712

  Zivna, Iva ^a,b   Bergin, Diana ^b   Casavant, Joanne ^b   Fontecchio, Sally ^b   Nelson, Susan ^b   Kelley, Anita ^b   Mathis, Sandra ^b   Melvin, Zita ^b   Erlichman, Rosemarie ^b   Ellison III, Richard T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERTUSSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 34250736000     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518352     Document Type: Article

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