Nurses' contacts and potential for infectious disease transmission

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1438-1444

  Bernard, Helen ^a,b   Fischer, Richela ^b   Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^c   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^d,e   Wildner, Manfred ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANDEMIC; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS INFECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70249118606     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.081475     Document Type: Article

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