Novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 in healthcare facilities: Implications for prevention and control

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 412-420

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; RIBAVIRIN; RIMANTADINE; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; ZANAMIVIR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VACCINATION;

EID: 77953278261     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003699649     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Maltezou HC, Drancourt M. Nosocomial influenza in children. J Hosp Infect 2003;55:83-91.
2. Schnitzler SU, Schnitzler P. An update on swine-origin influenza virus A/H1N1: a review. Virus Genes 2009;39:279-292
3. Novel Swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Investigation Team. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans. N Engl J Med 2009;361:102.
4. World Health Organization. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009- U pdate 86, weekly update. Geneva: WHO; 2009. Available at: http:// www.who.int/csr/don/2010-02-5/ en/index.html (accessed February 2010).
5. Webb SA, Pettila V, Seppelt I, Bellomo R, Bailey M, Cooper DJ, et al. Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in Australia and New Zealand. N Engl J Med 2009;361: 1925-1934
6. Jain S, Kamimoto L, Bramley AM, Schmitz AM, Benoit SR, Louie J, et al. Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April - June 2009. N Engl J Med 2009;361:1935-1944
7. Cruz, AT, Patel B, Distefano MC, Codispoti CR, Shook JE, Demmler-Harrison GJ, et al. Outside the box and into thick air: implementation of an exterior mobile pediatric emergency response team for North American H1N1 (swine) influenza virus in Houston, Texas. Ann Emerg Med 2010;55: 23-31.
8. Petrosillo N, Di Bella S, Drapeau CM, Grilli E. The novel influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic: an update. Ann Thorac Med 2009;4:163-172
9. Perez-Padilla R, de la Rosa-Zamboni D, de Leon SP, Hernandez M, Quinones-Falconi F, Bautista E, et al. Pneumonia and respiratory failure from swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico. N Engl J Med 2009;361:680-689
10. Opal SM. Coming soon to an ICU near you: severe pandemic influenza in ICU patients in Spain. Crit Care 2009; 13:196.
11. Meara MO, Brien AO, Feely E, Conlon M. Influenza A outbreak in a community hospital. Ir Med J 2006;99:175-177
12. Hansen S, Stamm-Balderjahn S, Zuschneid I, Behnke M, Ruden H, Vonberg RP, et al. Closure of medical departments during nosocomial outbreaks: data from a systematic analysis of the literature. J Hosp Infect 2007;65:348-353
13. W einstock DM, Eagan J, Malak SA, Rogers M, Wallace H, Kiehn TE, et al. Control of influenza A on a bone marrow transplant unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;21: 730-732
14. Van Voris LP, Belshe RB, Shaffer JL. Nosocomial influenza B virus infection in the elderly. Ann Intern Med 1982;96:153-158
15. Munoz FM, Campbell JR, Atmar RL, Garcia-Prats J, Baxter BD, Johnson LE, et al. Influenza A virus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:811-815
16. Meibalane R, Sedmak GV, Sasidharan P, Garg P, Grausz JP. Outbreak of influenza in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Pediatr 1977;91:974-976
17. Sagrera X, Ginovart G, Raspall F, Rabella N, Sala P, Sierra M, et al. Outbreaks of influenza A virus infection in neonatal intensive care units. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002;21: 196-200.
18. Kempe A, Hall CB, MacDonald NE, Foye HR, Woodin KA, Cohen HJ, et al. Influenza in children with cancer. J Pediatr 1989;115:33-39
19. Macias AE, de la Torre A, Moreno-Espinosa S, Leal PE, Bourlon MT, Ruiz-Palacios GM. Controlling the novel A (H1N1) influenza virus: don ' t touch your face! J Hosp Infect 2009;73:280-291
20. Harriman K, Rosenberg J, Robinson S, Bernier B, Bentz R, Waller K, et al. Novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infections among health-care personnel. United States, April - May 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58:641-645
21. Wicker S, Rabenau HF, Bickel M, Wolf T, Brodt R, Brandt C, et al. Novel influenza H1N1/2009: virus transmission among health care workers. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2009;134:2443-2446
22. Chironna M, Tafuri S, Santoro N, Prato R, Germinario CA. A nosocomial outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in a paediatric oncology ward in Italy, October - November 2009. Euro Surveill 2010;15:pii:19454.
23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreaks of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) among long-term care facility residents - three States, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:74-75
24. Fraser C, Donnelly CA, Cauchemez S, Hanage WP, Van Kerkhove MD, Hollingsworth TD, et al. Pandemic potential of a strain of influenza A (H1N1): early fi ndings. Science 2009;324:1557-1561
25. Nishiura H, Wilson N, Baker MG. Estimating the reproduction number of the novel influenza A virus (H1N1) in a Southern Hemisphere setting: preliminary estimate in New Zealand. N Z Med J 2009;122:73-77
26. Molinari NA, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Messonnier ML, Thompson WW, Wortley PM, Weintraub E, et al. The annual impact of seasonal influenza in the US: measuring disease burden and costs. Vaccine 2007;25:5086-5096
27. P oland GA, Tosh P, Jacobson RM. Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: seven truths we must accept. Vaccine 2005;23:2251-2255
28. Dharan NJ, Patton M, Siston AM, Morita J, Ramirez E, Wallis TR, et al. Outbreak of antiviral drug-resistant influenza A in long-term care facility, Illinois, USA, 2008. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15:1973-1976
29. Maltezou HC. Nosocomial influenza: new concepts and practice. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2008;21:337-343
30. Salgado CD, Giannetta ET, Hayden FG, Barr BM. Preventing nosocomial influenza by improving the vaccine acceptance rate of clinicians. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2004; 25:923-928
31. Serwint JR, Miller RM. Why diagnose influenza infections in hospitalized pediatric patients? Pediatr Infect Dis J 1993;12: 200-204
32. Wilde JA, McMillan JA, Serwint J, Butta J, O'Riordan MA, Steinhoff MC. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine in healthcare professionals. JAMA 1999;281:908-913
33. Hospital Influenza Workgroup (Singapore). Management of novel influenza epidemics in Singapore: consensus recommendations from the Hospital Influenza Workgroup (Singapore). Singapore Med J 2009;50:567.
34. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Interim guidance on infection control measures for 2009 H1N1 influenza in healthcare settings, including protection of healthcare personnel. Atlanta, GA: CDC; 2009. Available at: http://www. cdc.gov/h1n1fl u/guidelines-infection-control.htm (accessed February 2010).
35. Health Protection Agency. Managing influenza-like illness (ILI) in nursing and residential homes during the current influenza pandemic (WHO Phase 6). London: HPA; 2009. Available at: http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPA web-C/1248940854313 (accessed February 2010).
36. Shine KI, Rogers B, Goldfrank LR. Novel H1N1 influenza and respiratory protection for health care workers. N Engl J Med 2009:361;19.
37. Buxton Bridges C, Kuehnert MJ, Hall CB. Transmission of influenza: implications for control in healthcare settings. Clin Infect Dis 2003;37:1094-1101
38. Boone SA, Gerba CP. The occurrence of influenza A virus on household and day care center fomites. J Infect 2005;51: 103-109
39. Kramer A, Schwebke I, Kampf G. How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systemic review. BMC Infect Dis 2006;6:130-138
40. White LF, Wallinga J, Finelli L, Reed C, Riley S, Lipsitch M, et al. Estimation of the reproductive number and the serial interval in early phase of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in the USA. Influenza Other Respi Viruses 2009;3: 267-276
41. Fiore AE, Shay DK, Broder K, Iskander JK, Uyeki TM, Mootrey G, et al. Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009; 58:1-52.
42. Perez-Trallero E, Pineiro L, Vicente D, Montes M, Cilla G. Residual immunity in older people against the influenza A (H1N1) - recent experience in northern Spain. Euro Surveill 2009;14:pii:19344.
43. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC. Use of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009;58:1100-1101
44. Johansen K, Nicoll A, Ciancio BC, Kramarz P. Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccines in the European Union. Euro Surveill 2009;14:pii:19361.
45. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Update: influenza activity - United States, August 30, 2009 - January 9, 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:38-42.
46. Hancock K, Veguilla V, Lu X, Zhong W, Butler EN, Sun H, et al. Cross-reactive antibody responses to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus. N Engl J Med 2009;361:1945-1952
47. Witkop CT, Duffy MR, Macias EA, Gibbons TF, Escobar JD, Burwell KN, et al. Novel influenza A (H1N1) outbreak at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Epidemiology and viral shedding duration. Am J Prev Med 2010;38:121-126
48. Englund J, Zerr D, Heath J, Pergam S, Kuypers J, Yager J, et al. Oseltamivir-resistant novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in two immunosuppressed patients - Seattle, Washington, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2009;58:893-896
49. American Academy of Pediatrics. Novel influenza A (H1N1) and children with underlying medical conditions. AAP Work group clarifi es children at higher risk. September 29, 2009. Available at: http://aapkansas.org/content/ AAPWorkGroup CSHCNH1N1FINAL9.29.09.pdf, last accessed: February 13, 2010.
50. Weingarten S, Riedinger M, Bolton LB, Miles P, Ault M. Barriers to influenza vaccine acceptance. A survey of physicians and nurses. Am J Infect Control 1989;17:202-207
51. Cooley P, Lee BY, Brown S, Cajka J, Chasteen B, Ganapathi L, et al. Protecting health care workers: a pandemic simulation based on Allegheny County. Influenza Other Respi Viruses 2010;4:61-72.