Nosocomial infection control in healthcare settings: Protection against emerging infectious diseases

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fu, Chuanxi ^a   Wang, Shengyong ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); Nosocomial infection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84992297275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0118-9     Document Type: Letter

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