Nurses’ Contacts and Potential for Infectious Disease Transmission

Autor:	Helen Bernard, Richela Fischer, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk, Mirjam Kretzschmar, Manfred Wildner
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Influenza communicable diseases disease outbreaks computer simulation health care sector nurses Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 9, Pp 1438-1444 (2009)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1509.081475
Popis:	Nurses’ contacts with potentially infectious persons probably place them at higher risk than the general population for infectious diseases. During an influenza pandemic, illness among nurses might result in staff shortage. We aimed to show the value of individual data from the healthcare sector for mathematical modeling of infectious disease transmission. Using a paper diary approach, we compared nurses’ daily contacts (2-way conversation with >2 words or skin-to-skin contact) with those of matched controls from a representative population survey. Nurses (n = 129) reported a median of 40 contacts (85% work related), and controls (n = 129) reported 12 contacts (33% work related). For nurses, 51% of work-related contacts were with patients (74% involving skin-to-skin contact, and 63% lasted
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