Intensive care medical procedures are more complicated, more stressful, and less comfortable with Ebola personal protective equipment: A simulation study

Journal of Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 703-706

  Grillet, Guillaume ^a   Marjanovic, Nicolas ^b   Diverrez, Jean Marc ^c   Tattevin, Pierre ^a   Tadié, Jean Marc ^a   L'Her, Erwan ^b,c,d  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c Institut de Recherche Technologique B Com   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ERGONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NASOGASTRIC TUBE PLACEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; VENTILATOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; MANIKIN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CRITICAL CARE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MANIKINS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84947616488     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.09.003     Document Type: Letter

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