Nebraska Biocontainment Unit perspective on disposal of Ebola medical waste

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1256-1257

  Lowe, John J ^a,b   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a,b   Schwedhelm, Shelly S ^b   Nguyen, John ^b   Smith, Philip W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMICS; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; NEBRASKA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; NEBRASKA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84961291725     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.006     Document Type: Note

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