Control of influenza in healthcare settings: Early lessons from the 2009 pandemic

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 293-299

  Carlson, Abigail L ^a   Budd, Alicia P ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H1N1; infection control; influenza; preparedness; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANDEMIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION; ANIMAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY; GUINEA PIG; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCIES; GUINEA PIGS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 77954888192     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32833bb804     Document Type: Review

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