Preparedness of institutions around the world for managing patients with Ebola virus disease: An infection control readiness checklist

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tartari, Ermira ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^b   Ang, Brenda ^c   Calleja, Neville ^d   Collignon, Peter ^e   Hopman, Joost ^f   Lang, Lily ^g   Lee, Lai Chee ^h   Ling, Moi Lin ^h   Mehtar, Shaheen ⁱ   Tambyah, Paul A ^j   Widmer, Andreas ^k   Voss, Andreas ^f  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Ministry of Health   (Malta)

^e CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; EVD outbreak; EVD preparedness; Personal protective equipment

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHECKLIST; DISINFECTION; EBOLAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RNA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84938484330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0061-8     Document Type: Article

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