Practices around the use of masks and respirators among hospital health care workers in 3 diverse populations

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1116-1118

  Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad ^a   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Orooj ^b   Zheng, Yang ^c   Yang, Peng ^c   Wang, Quanyi ^c   Dung, Tham Chi ^d   Hien, Nguyen Tran ^d   Seale, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Pandemic influenza; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TUBERCULOSIS; VENTILATOR; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UTILIZATION;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASKS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84942990850     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.041     Document Type: Article

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