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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Infect Control. 2019 Jul 26. pii: S0196-6553(19)30651-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.06.020. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Intermittent occurrence of health care-onset influenza cases in a tertiary care facility during the 2017-2018 flu season.[/h] Bischoff W[SUP]1[/SUP], Petraglia M[SUP]2[/SUP], McLouth C[SUP]3[/SUP], Viviano J[SUP]2[/SUP], Bischoff T[SUP]4[/SUP], Palavecino E[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Health care-onset influenza (HOI) poses a major risk for hospitalized patients. During the 2017-2018 season, 37 HOI cases out of 382 inpatients (9.7%) with influenza were detected in a tertiary care hospital. HOI and community-onset influenza cases peaked simultaneously, and employee absenteeism was delayed by 1 month. A HOI to community-onset influenza case-comparison revealed associations with placement in rehabilitation, leukocytosis, health care-associated infections, and elevated mortality rates. Interventions should be selected based on the epidemiology of influenza occurrence.
Copyright ? 2019 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Employee presenteeism; Epidemiology; Healthcare-associated Infections; Infection prevention; Influenza; Nosocomial
PMID: 31358423 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.06.020
[h=1]Intermittent occurrence of health care-onset influenza cases in a tertiary care facility during the 2017-2018 flu season.[/h] Bischoff W[SUP]1[/SUP], Petraglia M[SUP]2[/SUP], McLouth C[SUP]3[/SUP], Viviano J[SUP]2[/SUP], Bischoff T[SUP]4[/SUP], Palavecino E[SUP]5[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Health care-onset influenza (HOI) poses a major risk for hospitalized patients. During the 2017-2018 season, 37 HOI cases out of 382 inpatients (9.7%) with influenza were detected in a tertiary care hospital. HOI and community-onset influenza cases peaked simultaneously, and employee absenteeism was delayed by 1 month. A HOI to community-onset influenza case-comparison revealed associations with placement in rehabilitation, leukocytosis, health care-associated infections, and elevated mortality rates. Interventions should be selected based on the epidemiology of influenza occurrence.
Copyright ? 2019 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Employee presenteeism; Epidemiology; Healthcare-associated Infections; Infection prevention; Influenza; Nosocomial
PMID: 31358423 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.06.020