Personal Protective Equipment for Infectious Disease Preparedness: A Human Factors Evaluation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1022-1028

  Herlihey, Tracey A ^a   Gelmi, Stefano ^a   Flewwelling, Christopher J ^a   Hall, Trevor N T ^b   Bañez, Carleene ^a   Morita, Plinio P ^a   Beverley, Paul ^c   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^d,e   Hota, Susy ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE MASK; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHOE; SPECTACLES; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL GOWN; VENTILATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 84991486811     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.124     Document Type: Article

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