Development and use of mobile containment units for the evaluation and treatment of potential Ebola virus disease patients in a United States Hospital

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 616-622

  Sugalski, Gregory ^a   Murano, Tiffany ^a   Fox, Adam ^a   Rosania, Anthony ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEVELOPMENT; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE CONTAINMENT UNIT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; WARD; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929046994     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12664     Document Type: Article

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