Emergency Department Processes for the Evaluation and Management of Persons under Investigation for Ebola Virus Disease

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-314

  Wadman, Michael C ^a   Schwedhelm, Shelly S ^c,d   Watson, Suzanne ^e   Swanhorst, John ^d,e   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a,d   Lowe, John J ^a,d   Iwen, Peter C ^b   Hayes, A Kim ^f   Needham, Susie ^e   Johnson, Daniel W ^b   Kalin, Daniel J ^a   Zeger, Wesley G ^a,d   Muelleman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Emergency Department   (United States)

^d Nebraska Medicine   (United States)

^e Omaha Fire Department   (United States)

^f Division of Infection Control and Epidemiology Nebraska Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PATIENT ISOLATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940453510     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.04.020     Document Type: Review

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