Influenza outbreak management on a locked behavioral health unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Risa, Kathleen J ^a   McAndrew, Janet M ^a   Muder, Robert R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OSELTAMIVIR; PATIENT ISOLATION;

EID: 58549095109     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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