Evaluation of patients' mask use after the implementation of cough etiquette in the emergency department

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 904-908

  Longtin, Yves ^a   Akakpo, Christophe ^a   Rutschmann, Olivier T ^a   Pittet, Didier ^a   Sax, Hugo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349174357     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605471     Document Type: Article

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