Isolation in patients with Ebola virus disease

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 511-513

  Wichmann, Dominic ^a   Schmiedel, Stefan ^a   Kluge, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EYE PROTECTION; FACE MASK; GLOVE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RECYCLING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925488674     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3582-3     Document Type: Article

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