Assessing Viral Transfer during Doffing of Ebola-Level Personal Protective Equipment in a Biocontainment Unit

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 945-949

  Casanova, Lisa M ^a   Erukunuakpor, Kimberly ^a   Kraft, Colleen S ^b   Mumma, Joel M ^c   Durso, Francis T ^c   Ferguson, Ashley N ^c   Gipson, Christina L ^c   Walsh, Victoria L ^b   Zimring, Craig ^c   Dubose, Jennifer ^c   Jacob, Jesse T ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; occupational health; personal protective equipment; virus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BODY FLUID; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MS2; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PHI6; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DEVICES; HAND; HAND WASHING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; SKIN; VIROLOGY;

CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SKIN;

EID: 85043448426     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix956     Document Type: Article

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