Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to Ebola virus disease

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 101-103

  Valour, F ^a,b   Perpoint, T ^a   Gerbier Colomban, S ^a   Ronin, V ^a   Potinet, V ^a   Le Loch, J B ^a   Ader, F ^a,b   Ferry, T ^a,b   Chidiac, C ^a,b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS;

EID: 85021973012     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.013     Document Type: Letter

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