Infection prevention in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-313

  Liang, Stephen Y ^a   Theodoro, Daniel L ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b   Marschall, Jonas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; VACCINATION;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84906937891     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.02.024     Document Type: Review

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