Ebola virus disease: The use of fluorescents as markers of contamination for personal protective equipment

IDCases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-30

  Bell, Todd ^a   Smoot, John ^a   Patterson, Justin ^a   Smalligan, Roger ^a   Jordan, Richard ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Fluorescent; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Training

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; EBOLA VIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAINING; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84946173395     PISSN: 22142509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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