Recommendations for the prevention of transmission of SARS during GI endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 792-795

  Muscarella, Lawrence F ^a  

^a Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 9244257299     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)01858-9     Document Type: Editorial

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