Infection prevention and control lessons learned from the management of the first suspected Ebola virus disease case admitted to a New Zealand hospital

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 78-80

  Barratt, Ruth ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAUNDRY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84930172921     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI15006     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. World Health Organization. Statement on the 1st meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. WHO statement 8 August 2014; (cited 21 March 2015). Available from: http://www. who. int/entity/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ ebola-20140808/en/ [verified April 2015]
2. New Zealand Ministry of Health. Ebola information for health professionals. (Cited 2015 March 21). Available from: http://www. health. govt. nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/ebola-updates/ebolainformation-health-professionals [verified April 2015]
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