The Use and Need for Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-373

  Harding, Andrew D ^a   Almquist, Laurel J ^a   Hashemi, Shabnam ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 79960099632     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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