Hospital preparedness in community measles outbreaks-challenges and recommendations for low-resource settings

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Shakoor, Sadia ^a   Mir, Fatima ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a   Zafar, Afia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Airborne isolation; Hospital; Infection control; Measles; Natural ventilation

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASLES; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; ROOM VENTILATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VACCINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL DESIGN; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84930648878     PISSN: 17528550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v8.24173     Document Type: Review

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