Biosecurity measures in 48 isolation facilities managing highly infectious diseases

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-214

  Puro, Vincenzo ^a   Fusco, Francesco M ^b   Schilling, Stefan ^c   Thomson, Gail ^d   De Iaco, Giuseppina ^b   Brouqui, Philippe ^e   Maltezou, Helena C ^f   Bannister, Barbara ^g   Gottschalk, René ^h   Brodt, Hans Rheinhard ^c   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Department of the Unit ^*  (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^f Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^g ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h City Health Authorities   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EUROPE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICY;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, ISOLATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 84862546919     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2011.0098     Document Type: Article

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