Electronic sensors for assessing interactions between healthcare workers and patients under airborne precautions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a,b   Laouenan, Cédric ^a,b,c   Chelius, Guillaume ^d   Veziris, Nicolas ^e,f   Lepelletier, Didier ^a,g   Friggeri, Adrien ^d   Abiteboul, Dominique ^a   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a,b   Mentre, France ^a,b,c   Fleury, Eric ^d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^g NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PERSONNEL PATIENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 84861475456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037893     Document Type: Article

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