Understanding barriers to effective management of influenza outbreaks by residential aged care facilities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 60-63

  Huhtinen, Essi ^a   Quinn, Emma ^a,b   Hess, Isabel ^a   Najjar, Zeina ^a   Gupta, Leena ^a  

^a SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks, infection control; influenza, human; surveys and questionnaires; vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFLUENZA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85058167067     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12595     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Mertz D, Kim TH, Johnstone J et al. Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal 2014; 347: f5061.
2. Reber AJ, Chirkova T, Kim JH et al. Immunosenescence and challenges of vaccination against influenza in the aging population. Aging and Disease 2012; 3: 68–90.
3. Communicable Diseases Network Australia. Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Public Health Management of Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Australia. Canberra: The Network; 2017. [Cited 12 September 2017.] Available from URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/27BE697A7FBF5AB5CA257BF0001D3AC8/$File/RCF_Guidelines.pdf
4. Public Health Act No. 127, New South Wales. c 2010. [Cited 19 January 2018.] Available from URL: https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2010/127/sch1
5. New South Wales Health, Communicable Diseases. Influenza Monthly Surveillance Report, NSW – December 2016 (Including a Summary for the Year 2016). [Cited 10 November 2017.] Available from URL: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/Influenza/Publications/2016/december-flu-report.pdf
6. New South Wales Health, Communicable Diseases. Influenza Monthly Surveillance Report, NSW: December 2017 (Including a Summary for the Year 2017). Sydney: New South Wales Government; 2018. [Cited 4 February 2018.] Available from URL: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/Influenza/Publications/2017/december-flu-report.pdf
7. Eastwood K, Osbourn M, Francis L et al. Improving communicable disease outbreak preparedness in residential aged care facilities using an interventional interview strategy. Australasian Journal of Ageing 2008; 27: 143–149.
8. Vyas A, Ingleton A, Huhtinen E, Hope K, Najjar Z, Gupta L. Influenza outbreak preparedness: Lessons from outbreaks in residential care facilities in 2014. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2015; 39: E204–E207.
9. Harris P, Taylor R, Thielke R, Payne J, Gonzalez N, Conde J. Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) — A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2009; 42: 377–381.
10. Jessop C, Scrutton J, Jinks A. Improving influenza vaccination uptake among frontline healthcare workers. Journal of Infection Prevention 2016; 18: 248–251.
11. Demicheli V, Jefferson T, Al-Ansary L, Ferroni E, Rivetti A, Di Pietrantonj C. Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014; (3): CD001269.
12. Poland G, Tosh P, Jacobson R. Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: Seven truths we must accept. Vaccine 2005; 23: 2251–2255.
13. Hayward A, Harling R, Wetten S et al. Effectiveness of an influenza vaccine programme for care home staff to prevent death, morbidity, and health service use among residents: Cluster randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2006; 333: 1241.
14. Chiu S, Black CL, Yue X et al. Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014–15 influenza season. American Journal of Infection Control 2017; 45: 1254–1258.
15. Lum H, Mody L, Levy C, Ginde A. Pandemic influenza plans in residential care facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014; 62: 1310–1316.
16. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. 2016 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey – The Aged Care Workforce. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health; 2017. [Cited 21 November 2017.] Available from URL: https://agedcare.health.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1426/f/documents/03_2017/nacwcs_final_report_290317.pdf
17. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The Aged Care Workforce, 2012 – Final Report. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health; 2014. [Cited 21 November 2017.] Available from URL: https://agedcare.health.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1426/f/documents/11_2014/rdp004-nacwcas-report.pdf
18. Travers J, Herzig C, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M et al. Perceived barriers to infection prevention and control for nursing home certified nursing assistants: A qualitative study. Geriatric Nursing 2015; 36: 355–360.
19. Stuart R, Marshall C, Orr E et al. Survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in Australian residential aged-care facilities. Internal Medicine Journal 2015; 45: 576–580.