Health care worker exposures to pertussis: Missed opportunities for prevention

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-21

  Kuncio, Danica E ^a,b   Middleton, Maria ^b   Cooney, Mary G ^b   Ramos, Mark ^b   Coffin, Susan E ^b,c,d   Feemster, Kristen A ^b,c,d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health care worker; Infection control; Occupational exposure; Pertussis

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERTUSSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84891765868     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0745     Document Type: Article

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