Assessment of environmental and surgical mask contamination at a student health center — 2012–2013 influenza season

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 664-675

  Ahrenholz, Steven H ^a   Brueck, Scott E ^a   Rule, Ana M ^b   Noti, John D ^a   Noorbakhsh, Bahar ^a   Blachere, Francoise M ^a   de Perio, Marie A ^a   Lindsley, William G ^a   Shaffer, Ronald E ^a   Fisher, Edward M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; environmental sampling; healthcare; influenza; pandemic; surgical mask

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STUDENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WORKING TIME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARYLAND; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOLS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARYLAND; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PILOT PROJECTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85053011794     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2018.1486509     Document Type: Article

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