Compendium of Veterinary Standard Precautions for zoonotic disease prevention in veterinary personnel: National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians: Veterinary Infection Control Committee 2015

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 247, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1252-1277

  Williams, Carl J ^a   Scheftel, Joni M ^b   Elchos, Brigid L ^c   Hopkins, Sharon G ^d   Levine, Jay F ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Deputy State Veterinarian   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIAN; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84947968742     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: 1943569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.247.11.1252     Document Type: Article

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