CDC safety training coursefor ebola virus disease healthcare workers

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages S217-S224

  Narra, Rupa ^a   Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Piper, Catherine ^a   Gould, Deborah ^a   Bhadelia, Nahid ^b   Dott, Mary ^a   Fiore, Anthony ^a   Fischer, Williama A ^c   Frawley, Mary Jo ^d   Griffin, Patricia M ^a   Hamilton, Douglas ^a   Mahon, Barbara ^a   Pillai, Satish K ^a   Veltus, Emily F ^d   Tauxe, Robert ^a   Jhung, Michael ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; EYE PROTECTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ALABAMA; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALABAMA; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 85040973782     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2313.170549     Document Type: Article

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