What we learned from Ebola: Preparing dialysis units for the next outbreak

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 669-670

  Boyce, John M ^a   Hymes, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a JM Boyce Consulting   (United States)

^b FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Africa; Body fluids; Communicable diseases; Coronavirus infections; Cross infection; Diarrhea; Disease outbreaks; Ebola; Emerging; Epidemics; Europe; Hemodialysis; Hemorrhagic fever; Humans; Lassa fever; Maintenance hemodialysis; Outpatients; Renal dialysis; Risk; Saudi; Western

Indexed keywords

EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NOTE; TRAVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 85045142385     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.11061017     Document Type: Note

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