Ebola virus disease and the need for new personal protective equipment

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2495-2496

  Edmond, Michael B ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa City VA Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD; VOMITING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION;

EBOLAVIRUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84919345650     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.15497     Document Type: Note

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