Healthcare personnel exposure in an emergency department during influenza season

Ana M. Rule; Otis Apau; Steven H. Ahrenholz; Scott E. Brueck; William G. Lindsley; Marie A. de Perio; John D. Noti; Ronald E. Shaffer; Richard Rothman; Alina Grigorovitch; Bahar Noorbakhsh; Donald H. Beezhold; Patrick L. Yorio; Trish M. Perl; Edward M. Fisher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203223

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Healthcare personnel exposure in an emergency department during influenza season

Ana M. Rule,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Otis Apau,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Steven H. Ahrenholz,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Scott E. Brueck,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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William G. Lindsley,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Marie A. de Perio,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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John D. Noti,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Ronald E. Shaffer,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Personal Protective Technology Lab (NPPTL), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Richard Rothman,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Hospital, Adult Emergency Department, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Alina Grigorovitch,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Bahar Noorbakhsh,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Donald H. Beezhold,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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Patrick L. Yorio,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Personal Protective Technology Lab (NPPTL), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Trish M. Perl,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Edward M. Fisher

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: fxw7@cdc.gov

Affiliation National Personal Protective Technology Lab (NPPTL), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4248-5061

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Healthcare personnel exposure in an emergency department during influenza season

Ana M. Rule,
Otis Apau,
Steven H. Ahrenholz,
Scott E. Brueck,
William G. Lindsley,
Marie A. de Perio,
John D. Noti,
Ronald E. Shaffer,
Richard Rothman,
Alina Grigorovitch

Published: August 31, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203223

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