Isolation Precautions for Visitors

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 747-758

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a   Banach, David B ^b   Bearman, Gonzalo ^c   Gould, Jane M ^d   Leekha, Surbhi ^e   Morgan, Daniel J ^f   Palmore, Tara N ^g   Rupp, Mark E ^h   Weber, David J ⁱ   Wiemken, Timothy L ^j  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISOLATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT VISITOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MASK; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HAND HYGIENE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASKS; PATIENT ISOLATION; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84965093304     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.67     Document Type: Article

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