Infectious diseases of high consequence and personal protective equipment: A didactic method to assess the risk of contamination

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1485-1486

  Cassir, Nadim ^a,b   Boudjema, Sophia ^a,b   Roux, Valérie ^b   Reynier, Pauline ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; EBOLAVIRUS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STAFF TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING ASSISTANT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSES' AIDES; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84958551782     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.223     Document Type: Article

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