Health care workers' views about respirator use and features that should be included in the next generation of respirators

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-25

  Baig, Aliya S ^a   Knapp, Caprice ^a   Eagan, Aaron E ^a   Radonovich Jr , Lewis J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

infection control; influenza; N95; occupational health; pandemic; Respirator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAIR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449084898     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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