Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis among emergency department staff

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 699-702

  Vardy, Jennifer ^a   Love, Andrew John ^b   Dignon, Neil ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; NOROVIRUS; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SCOTLAND; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 34948812459     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.045427     Document Type: Article

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