Infection prevention and control of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, 2014-2015: Key challenges and successes

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cooper, Catherine ^a   Fisher, Dale ^b,c   Gupta, Neil ^d   MaCauley, Rose ^e   Pessoa Silva, Carmem L ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ebola; GOARN; Infection prevention and control; Liberia; Outbreak response

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; LIBERIA; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EDUCATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ISOLATION; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONALITY; LIBERIA; PATIENT ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84954388465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0548-4     Document Type: Note

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