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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Sep 25:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.207. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Respiratory viral surveillance of healthcare personnel and patients at an adult long-term care facility.[/h] O'Neil CA[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim L[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Prill MM[SUP]2[/SUP], Talbot HK[SUP]4[/SUP], Whitaker B[SUP]2[/SUP], Sakthivel SK[SUP]5[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]5[/SUP], Zhang J[SUP]6[/SUP], Tong S[SUP]2[/SUP], Stone N[SUP]7[/SUP], Garg S[SUP]8[/SUP], Gerber SI[SUP]2[/SUP], Babcock HM[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri. 2 Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 3 United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland. 4 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. 5 Batelle, contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 6 IHRC, contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 7 Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 8 Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We conducted active surveillance of acute respiratory viral infections (ARIs) among residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) at a long-term care facility during the 2015-2016 respiratory illness season. ARIs were observed among both HCP and patients, highlighting the importance of including HCP in surveillance programs.
PMID: 31551105 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.207
[h=1]Respiratory viral surveillance of healthcare personnel and patients at an adult long-term care facility.[/h] O'Neil CA[SUP]1[/SUP], Kim L[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Prill MM[SUP]2[/SUP], Talbot HK[SUP]4[/SUP], Whitaker B[SUP]2[/SUP], Sakthivel SK[SUP]5[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]5[/SUP], Zhang J[SUP]6[/SUP], Tong S[SUP]2[/SUP], Stone N[SUP]7[/SUP], Garg S[SUP]8[/SUP], Gerber SI[SUP]2[/SUP], Babcock HM[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Infectious Diseases Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri. 2 Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 3 United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps, Rockville, Maryland. 4 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. 5 Batelle, contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 6 IHRC, contracting agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 7 Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 8 Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We conducted active surveillance of acute respiratory viral infections (ARIs) among residents and healthcare personnel (HCP) at a long-term care facility during the 2015-2016 respiratory illness season. ARIs were observed among both HCP and patients, highlighting the importance of including HCP in surveillance programs.
PMID: 31551105 DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.207