Planning and response to Ebola virus disease: An integrated approach

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 441-446

  Smith, Philip W ^a   Boulter, Kathleen C ^b   Hewlett, Angela L ^a   Kratochvil, Christopher J ^a   Beam, Elizabeth J ^c   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a   Lowe, John Martin J ^a   Schwedhelm, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Nebraska   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontainment; Incident command; Leadership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PLANNING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAFF TRAINING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84929310198     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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