Identification and control of nosocomial adenovirus keratoconjunctivitis in an ophthalmic department

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-20

  Dart, J K G ^a   El Amir, A N ^a   Maddison, T ^a   Desai, P ^a   Verma, S ^a   Hughes, A ^a   MacMahon, E ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ETHYLENE OXIDE; EYE DROPS; FLUORESCEIN; HYPOCHLORITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONOMETER; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WAITING ROOM;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS INFECTION; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; PATIENT ISOLATION;

EID: 58349115399     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.130112     Document Type: Article

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