French maritime procedures concerning the Ebola infection, experience of the French Tele-Medical Assistance Service (TMAS).
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INTRODUCTION Since Ebola worldwide infection, the Centre de Consultation Médicale Maritime (CCMM), French maritime Tele-Medical Assistance Service (TMAS), has been widely involved; this on request of the French Directorate for Maritime Affairs (Ministry for Ecology and Transport), to implement recommendations. Several procedures have been developed jointly with the Directorate for Maritime Affairs (DAM), the Maritime Health Service (SSGM), the Directorate of Health (DGS) and the French maritime TMAS. In this letter, we present and discuss those procedures.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International maritime health
دوره 66 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015