Infection control and prevention practices implemented to reduce transmission risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus in a tertiary care institution in Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 605-611

  Butt, Taimur S ^a   Koutlakis Barron, Irene ^a   Aljumaah, Suliman ^a   Althawadi, Sahar ^a   Almofada, Saleh ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Health care worker; Infection prevention; MERS CoV; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROWDING (AREA); FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; STAFF TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURNAROUND TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK MANAGEMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971659163     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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