Assessment of organizational measures to prevent nosocomial tuberculosis in health facilities of 4 sub-saharan countries in 2010

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-194

  Robert, Jérôme ^a   Affolabi, Dissou ^b   Awokou, Fantché ^c   Nolna, Désiré ^d   Manouan, Bilé Adou Philippe ^e   Acho, Yapo Blaise ^f   Gninafon, Martin ^b   Trebucq, Arnaud ^g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Programme National Contre la Tuberculose   (Benin)

^c Division de l'Epidémiologie Ministère de la Santé S C INH Togo   (Togo)

^d National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Cameroon)

^e Programme National de Lutte contre la Tuberculose   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f CHU de Cocody   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MASK; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR; WARD;

BENIN; CAMEROON; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOGO; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84872175592     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669085     Document Type: Article

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