Promoting the safety of healthcare workers in Africa: From HIV pandemic to ebola epidemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-362

  Rouveix, Elisabeth ^a,d,e   Madougou, Boubakar ^g,h   Pellissier, Gérard ^a   Diaougah, Hama ^g   Saley, Sahada Moussa ^g   De Truchis, Pierre ^d,f   Fofana, Dionké ^c   Lolom, Isabelle ^a,b   Brunet, Jean Baptiste ^a   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Ensemble Pour Une Solidarité Thérapeutique en Réseau GIP ESTHER   (France)

^d Niamey’s National Hospital ^*  (France)

^e HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^f RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Niger Republic   (Niger)

^h Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique en Réseau   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BODY FLUID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PANDEMIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84923347264     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.68     Document Type: Letter

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