Self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment by healthcare workers to prevent Ebola transmission

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Suen, Lorna K P ^a   Guo, Yue Ping ^a   Tong, Danny W K ^b   Leung, Polly H M ^a   Lung, David ^c   Ng, Mandy S P ^d   Lai, Timothy K H ^a   Lo, Kiki Y K ^a   Au Yeung, Cypher H ^a   Yu, Winnie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBOLAVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; FAUCET; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUBBISH BIN COVER; SELF CONTAMINATION; SINK; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85058940767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0433-y     Document Type: Article

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