A highly precautionary doffing sequence for health care workers after caring for wet Ebola patients to further reduce occupational acquisition of Ebola

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 740-744

  McLaws, Mary Louise ^a   Chughtai, Abrar A ^a   Salmon, Sharon ^a,b   MacIntyre, C Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MASK; MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS PARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84958073879     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.12.034     Document Type: Editorial

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