Use of personal protective equipment in Canadian pediatric emergency departments

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Reid, Sarah M ^a   Farion, Ken J ^a   Suh, Kathryn N ^a   Audcent, Tobey ^a   Barrowman, Nicholas J ^a,b   Plint, Amy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Infection control; Pediatric; Personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRAINING; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960657604     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/10.2310/8000.2011.110253     Document Type: Article

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