Personal protective equipment processes and rationale for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit during the 2014 activations for Ebola virus disease

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 340-342

  Beam, Elizabeth L ^a   Schwedhelm, Shelly ^b   Boulter, Kathleen ^b   Kratochvil, Christopher ^c   Lowe, John ^d   Hewlett, Angela ^e   Gibbs, Shawn G ^d   Smith, Philip W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Nebraska   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Infectious disease; Isolation; Patient care; Personal protective equipment; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; DEVICE SAFETY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOE; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL GOWN; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; NEBRASKA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NEBRASKA; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84959296423     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.09.031     Document Type: Article

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