Infection Prevention Measures for Surgical Procedures during a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak in a Tertiary Care Hospital in South Korea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Park, Jiyeon ^a   Yoo, Seung Yeon ^a   Ko, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Sangmin M ^a   Chung, Yoon Joo ^a   Lee, Jong Hwan ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Min, Jeong Jin ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OPERATING ROOM; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOUTH KOREA; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85077941727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57216-x     Document Type: Article

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