Masks for prevention of respiratory viruses on the BMT unit: results of a quality initiative

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 965-967

  Sokol, Kelsey A ^a   De la Vega Diaz, Imelda ^a   Edmondson Martin, Kathleen ^a   Kim, Sara ^a   Tindle, Sharon ^a   Wallach, Fran ^a   Steinberg, Amir ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

nosocomial infections; oncology; prevention; quality initiative; respiratory viral infection; surgical mask

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT VISITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MASK; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASK; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZAVIRUS A; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; MASKS; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85001833311     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12608     Document Type: Article

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