Impact of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on healthcare workers at a tertiary care center in New York City

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 825-831

  Bhadelia, Nahid ^a,d   Sonti, Rajiv ^b   McCarthy, Jennifer Wright ^c   Vorenkamp, Jaclyn ^c   Jia, Haomiao ^b   Saiman, Lisa ^b,c   Yoko Furuya, E ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COUGHING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSELTAMIVIR; PANDEMICS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880050193     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671271     Document Type: Article

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