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Factors Associated With Critical-Care Healthcare Workers' Adherence to Recommended Barrier Precautions During the Toronto Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess factors associated with adherence to recommended barrier precautions among healthcare workers (HCWs) providing care to critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SETTING: Fifteen acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada.

Authors

Shigayeva A; Green K; Raboud JM; Henry B; Simor AE; Vearncombe M; Zoutman D; Loeb M; McGeer A

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 28, No. 11, pp. 1275–1283

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

November 2007

DOI

10.1086/521661

ISSN

0899-823X