Attitudes of influenza-vaccinated health care workers toward masks to prevent nosocomial transmission of influenza

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Brandt, Christian ^a   Rabenau, Holger F ^a   Wicker, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Infection control; Influenza; Masks; Novel influenza A H1N1; Swine flu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SURGICAL MASK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650162100     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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