Training health care workers to face highly infectious diseases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 740-742

  Bannister, B ^a   Prygodzicz, A ^b   Ippolito, G ^b   Gent, N ^c   Lloyd, G ^c   Zampieron, A ^d   Holmberg, M ^e   Georges, M C ^f   Schilling, S ^g   Brodt, H R ^g   Di Caro, A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Healthcare professionals; Highly infectious diseases; Infectious disease emergencies; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; COURSE EVALUATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 69249133858     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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