A No-Notice Drill of Hospital Preparedness in Responding to Ebola Virus Disease in Taiwan

Health Security

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 339-344

  Hsu, Shih Min ^a   Chien, Li Jung ^a   Tseng, Shu Hui ^a   Kuo, Steve H S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

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EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974679339     PISSN: 23265094     EISSN: 23265108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hs.2015.0022     Document Type: Review

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