Potential health care worker contamination from ebola virus disease during personal protective equipment removal and disposal

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages 543-547

  Hallihan, Greg ^a   Davies, Jan ^a   Baers, Justin ^a   Wiley, Katelyn ^a   Kaufman, Jaime ^a   Conly, John ^a   Caird, Jeff K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; VIRUSES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUDIO-VISUAL DATA; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; VIDEO ANALYSIS; WASTE CONTAINERS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84981736325     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931215591118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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