European concepts for the domestic transport of highly infectious patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 727-733

  Schilling, Stefan ^a   Follin, P ^b   Jarhall, B ^c   Tegnell, A ^d   Lastilla, M ^e   Bannister, B ^f   Maria Fusco, F ^g   Biselli, R ^e   Brodt, H R ^a   Puro, V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Department of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control ^*  (Germany)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e Italian Airforce   (Italy)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Aeromedical evacuation; Domestic relocation; Ground vehicles; Highly infectious diseases; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGHLY INFECTIOUS PATIENT; INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DECONTAMINATION;

EID: 69249142924     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02871.x     Document Type: Article

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