An adenovirus 4 outbreak amongst staff in a pediatric ward manifesting as keratoconjunctivitis - A possible failure of contact and aerosol infection control

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 602-604

  Hoyle, Elizabeth ^a   Erez, Joanne C ^a   Kirk Granger, Helen R ^a   Collins, Elizabeth ^a   Tang, Julian W ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol gel; Fans; Hand washing; Isolation; Non enveloped viruses; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SOAP;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS SEROTYPE 4; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PEDIATRIC WARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; STAFF NURSE; STAFF TRAINING; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE;

EID: 84955500343     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.032     Document Type: Article

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