Quantifying school officials' exposure to bacterial pathogens at graduation ceremonies using repeated observational measures

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Bishai, David ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Shiau, Stephanie ^a   Wang, Harrison ^a   Tsai, Cindy ^a   Liao, Margaret ^a   Prakash, Shivaani ^a   Howard, Tracy ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

graduations; hand contamination; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); schools

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955894859     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840511407186     Document Type: Article

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