Semmelweis revisited: the ethics of infection prevention among health care workers.

Author Affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, 4th Floor, McMurrich Building, University of Toronto, 12 Queen's Park Cres., Toronto, ON M5S 1A8. e.rea@utoronto.ca

Keywords: Canada - epidemiology; Cross Infection - prevention & control - transmission; Ethics, Medical; Guideline Adherence - standards - statistics & numerical data; Health Personnel; Humans; Infection Control - methods; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient - prevention & control; Influenza, Human - epidemiology - prevention & control; Occupational Health; Physician's Role; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Vaccination - standards - statistics & numerical data

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