Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Verbeek, Jos H ^a   Ijaz, Sharea ^a   Mischke, Christina ^a   Ruotsalainen, Jani H ^a   Mäkelä, Erja ^a   Neuvonen, Kaisa ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^b   Sauni, Riitta ^a   Kilinc Balci, F Selcen ^c   Mihalache, Raluca C ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BODY FLUID; BODY TEMPERATURE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAS MASK; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; SURGICAL ATTIRE; TRANSMISSION;

BODY FLUIDS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL ATTIRE;

EID: 84963819330     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011621.pub2     Document Type: Review

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