Mumps exposure of a health care provider working in a neonatal intensive care unit leads to a hospital-wide effort that prevented an outbreak

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 697-700

  Gilroy, Shelley A ^a   Domachowske, Joseph B ^a   Johnson, Lynette ^b   Martin, David ^b   Gross, Steven ^a   Bode, Michelle ^b   Costello, Kathy ^b   Sikora, Ruth ^b   Richey, Dawn ^b   Watkins, Jennifer ^b   Stahl, Ronald ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

infection control; mumps outbreak; Neonates

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUMPS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAROTITIS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; NEW YORK; PATIENT ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053576289     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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