Lessons learned: Protection of healthcare workers from infectious disease risks

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Weber, David J ^a   Rutala, William A ^a   Schaffner, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bloodborne pathogens; healthcare workers; isolation precautions; occupational health; postexposure prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTHRAX VACCINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; RABIES VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; RIMANTADINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; ZANAMIVIR;

CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HERPES ZOSTER; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUMPS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; PERTUSSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SAFETY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77954915643     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e69ebd     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Ten great public health achievements-United States, 1900-1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1999; 48:241-243
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Hospital discharges by first-and any-listed diagnosis: US, 1990-2006. http://207.175.93/HDI/ TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportID= 537. Accessed 1 November 2009
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Estimates of healthcare-associated infections. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/hai.html. Accessed 1 November 2009
4. Tai DYH: SARS plague: Duty to care or medical heroism. Ann Acad Med Singap 2006; 35:374-378
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Immunization of health-care workers: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR Recomm Rep 1997; 46(RR-189):1-42
6. Bolyard EA, Tablan OC, Williams WW, et al: Guideline for infection control in health care personnel, 1998. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1998; 19:407-463
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel. MMWR Recomm Rep 2006; 55(RR-02): 1-16
8. American Academy of Pediatrics: Immunization in special clinical circumstances: Health care personnel. In: Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28th Edition. Pickering LK, Baker CJ, Kimberlin DW. Long SS (Eds). Elk Grove Village, IL, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009, pp 94-97
9. Weber DJ, Rutala WA: Vaccines for healthcare workers. In: Vaccines. Plotkin SA, Oren-stein WA, Offit PA (Eds). New York, Saun-ders, 2008, pp. 1453-1478
10. Seigel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, et al: 2007 guideline for isolation precautions: Preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/isolation2007.pdf. Accessed 1 November 2009
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA hand hygiene task force. MMWR Recomm Rep 2002; 51(RR-16):1-44
12. Dayan GH, Quinlisk P, Parker AA, et al: Recent resurgence of mumps in the United States. N Engl J Med 2008; 358:1580-1589
13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Mumps outbreak-New York, New Jersey, Quebec, 2009. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009; 58:1270-1274
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Multistate measles outbreak associated with an international youth sporting event-Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texax, August-September2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008; 57:169-173
15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Outbreak of measles-San Diego, California, January-February 2008. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2008;57:203-206
16. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: ACIP provisional recommendations for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) "evidence of immunity" requirements for healthcare personnel. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/ provisional/downloads/mmr-evidence-immunity-Aug2009-508.pdf. Accessed 1 November 2009
17. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Decline in annual incidence of varicella-selected states, 1990-2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003; 52:884-885
18. Marin M, Meissner HC, Seward JF: Varicella prevention in the United States: A review of successes and challenges. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e744-e751
19. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Prevention of varicella: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep 2007; 56(RR-4): 1-37
20. Cherry JD: The epidemiology of pertussis: A comparison of the epidemiology of the disease pertussis with the epidemiology of Bor-detella pertussis infection. Pediatrics 2005; 115:1422-1427
21. Vranken P, Pogue M, Romalewski C, et al: Outbreak of pertussis in a neonatal intensive care unit-Louisiana, 2004. Am J Infect Control 2006; 34:550-554
22. Bryant KA, Humbaugh K, Brothers K, et al: Measures to control an outbreak of pertussis in a neonatal intermediate care nursery after exposure to a healthcare worker. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:541-545
23. Baggett HC, Duchin JS, Shelton W, et al: Two nosocomial pertussis outbreaks and their associated costs-King County, Washington, 2004. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:537-543
24. Zivna I, Bergin D, Casavant J, et al: Impact of Bordetella pertussis exposures on a Massachusetts tertiary care medical system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:708-712
25. Leekha S, Thompson RL, Sampathkumar P: Epidemiology and control of pertussis outbreaks in a tertiary care center and the resource consumption associated with these outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009; 30:467-473
26. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Preventing tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis among adults: Use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep 2006; 55(RR-17):1-37
27. Kim WR: Epidemiology of hepatitis B in the United States. Hepatology 2009; 49:S28-S34
28. Perry J, Parker G, Jagger J: 2006 percutaneous injury rates. International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, January 2009; 1. http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/epinet/2006-EPINet-Needle-Stick- Data.pdf. Accessed 1 November 2009
29. Weber DJ, Hoffmann KK, Rutala WA: Management of the healthcare worker infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Lessons learned from nosocomial transmission of hepatitis B virus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1991; 12:625-630
30. Occupational exposure to bloodborne patho-gens-OSHA. Final Rule. Fed Regist 1991; 56: 64004
31. Simard EP, Miller JT, George PA, et al: Hepatitis B vaccination coverage levels among healthcare workers in the United States, 2002-2003. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007; 28:783-790
32. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Part II. Immunization of adults. MMWR Recomm Rep 2006; 55(RR-16): 1-33
33. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Prevention and control of seasonal influenza with vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009; 55(RR-58): 1-52
34. Talbot TR, Bradley SF, Cosgrove SE, et al: Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers and vaccine allocation for healthcare workers during vaccine shortages. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2005; 26:882-890
35. Wenzel RP, Edmond MB: Preparing for 2009 N1N1 influenza. N Engl J Med 2009; 36: 1991-1993
36. Jain S, Kamimoto L, Bramley AM, et al: Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April-June 2009. N Engl J Med 2009; 36:1935-1944
37. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Use of influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009; 58(RR-10):1-12
38. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Update on influenza A (H1N1) 2009 mono-valent vaccines. MMWR Recomm Rep 2009; 55(RR-58):1-52
39. Trampuz A, Widmer AF: Hand hygiene: A frequently missed lifesaving opportunity during patient care. Mayo Clin Proc 2004; 79: 109-116
40. Kampf G, Kramer A: Epidemiologic back-ground of hand hygiene and evaluation of the most important agents for scrubs and rubs. Clin Microbiol Rev 2004; 17:863-893
41. Sickbert-Bennett EE, Weber DJ, Gergen-Teague MF, et al: Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses. Am J Infect Control 2005; 33:67-77
42. Bartlett JG: Antibiotic-associated diarrhea. N Engl J Med 2002; 346:334-339
43. Weber DJ, Sickbert-Bennett EE, Gergen MF, et al: Efficacy of selected hand hygiene agents used to remove Bacillus atrophaeus (a surrogate of Bacillus anthracis) from contaminated hands. JAMA 2003; 289:1274-1277
44. Said MA, Perl TM, Sears CL: Gastrointestinal flu: Norovirus in health care and long-term care facilities. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47: 1202-1208
45. Loeb M, Dafoe N, Mahony J, et al: Surgical masks vs N95 respirators for preventing influenza among health care workers: A randomized trial. JAMA 2009; 302:1865-1871
46. Siegel JD, Reinhart E, Jackson M, et al: Management of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings, 2006. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ dhqp/pdf/ar/mdro.Guideline2006.pdf. Accessed 1 November 2009
47. American Public Health Association. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. 19th Edition. Heymann DL (Ed). American Public Health Association, Baltimore, 2008
48. Tarantola A, Abiteboul D, Rachline A: Infection risks following accidental exposure to blood or body fluids in health care workers: A review of pathogens transmitted in published cases. Am J Infect Control 2006; 34:367-375
49. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Updated US Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. MMWR Recomm Rep 2001; 50(RR-11):1-52
50. Weber DJ, Rutala WA: Hepatitis B immunization update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1989; 10:541-546
51. Do AN, Ciesielski CA, Metler RP, et al: Occu-pationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: National case surveillance data during 20 years of the HIV epidemic in the United States. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003; 24:86-96
52. Panlilio AL, Cardo DM, Grohskopf LA, et al: Updated U.S. Public Health Service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. MMWR Recomm Rep 2005; 54(RR-9):1-17
53. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Guidelines for preventing transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health-care settings, 2005. MMWR Recomm Rep 2005; 54(RR-17):1-121
54. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Targeted tuberculin testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis. MMWR Recomm Rep 2000; 49(RR-6):1-43
55. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Treatment of tuberculosis. MMWR Recomm Rep 2003; 52(RR-11):1-74
56. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: A new product (VariZIG™) for postexposure prophylaxis of varicella available under an investigational new drug application expanded access protocol. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2006; 55:209-210
57. Calfee DP, Salgado CD, Classen D, et al: Strategies to prevent transmission of methi-cillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29(suppl 1):S62-S80