Isolation facilities for highly infectious diseases in Europe - A cross-sectional analysis in 16 countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Schilling, Stefan ^a   Fusco, Francesco Maria ^b   De Iaco, Giuseppina ^c   Bannister, Barbara ^d   Maltezou, Helena C ^e   Carson, Gail ^f   Gottschalk, Rene ^g   Brodt, Hans Reinhard ^h   Brouqui, Philippe ⁱ   Puro, Vincenzo ^b   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b  

^a Department of General Pediatrics   (Germany)

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

^c Department for Internal Medicine Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti Delle Marche   (Italy)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g Department for Infectious Diseases Port Health Authorities ^*  (Germany)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BULGARIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH LEVEL ISOLATION UNIT; HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; ISOLATION ROOM; ITALY; LUXEMBOURG; MALTA; NORWAY; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REFERRAL CENTER; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT ISOLATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84908576901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100401     Document Type: Article

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