UK preparedness for children with Ebola infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 421-423

  Herberg, Jethro A ^a   Emonts, Marieke ^b,c   Jacobs, Michael ^d   Riordan, Andrew ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928193758     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307860     Document Type: Article

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