A Middle East respiratory syndrome screening clinic for health care personnel during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea: A single-center experience

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 436-440

  Lee, Ji Yeon ^a   Kim, Gayeon ^a   Lim, Dong Gyun ^a   Jee, Hyeon Gun ^a   Jang, Yunyoung ^a   Joh, Joon Sung ^a   Jeong, Ina ^a   Kim, Yeonjae ^a   Kim, Eunhee ^a   Chin, Bum Sik ^a  

^a National Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

coronavirus; health facilities; infection control; Middle East respiratory syndrome; symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH KOREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85034455782     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.09.017     Document Type: Article

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