Do medical students receive training in correct use of personal protective equipment?

Medical Education Online

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  John, Amrita ^a,b   Tomas, Myreen E ^a,b   Hari, Aditya ^c   Wilson, Brigid M ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Education; Infection control; Medical students; Training

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015060923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2016.1264125     Document Type: Short Survey

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