Protecting healthcare workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) outbreak: Lessons from Taiwan's severe acute respiratory syndrome response

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 858-860

  Schwartz, Jonathan ^a   King, Chwan Chuen ^b   Yen, Muh Yong ^c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Healthcare workers; Protection; Traffic control bundling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; VIRUS RNA;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; EPIDEMIC; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TAIWAN; TRUST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 85081965418     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa255     Document Type: Article

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