Intermittent occurrence of health care–onset influenza cases in a tertiary care facility during the 2017-2018 flu season

Werner Bischoff; Mark Petraglia; Christopher McLouth; James Viviano; Tammy Bischoff; Elizabeth Palavecino

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2019.06.020

Intermittent occurrence of health care–onset influenza cases in a tertiary care facility during the 2017-2018 flu season

Werner Bischoff, Mark Petraglia, Christopher McLouth, James Viviano, Tammy Bischoff, Elizabeth Palavecino

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	112-115
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.06.020
State	Published - Jan 2020

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Keywords

Employee presenteeism
Epidemiology
Healthcare-associated Infections
Infection prevention
Influenza
Nosocomial

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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Intermittent occurrence of health care–onset influenza cases in a tertiary care facility during the 2017-2018 flu season

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