Weber David J, Sickbert-Bennett Emily E, Vinjé Jan, Brown Vickie M, MacFarquhar Jennifer K, Engel Jeffrey P, Rutala William A
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, USA.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Oct;26(10):841-3. doi: 10.1086/502504.
We report an outbreak of norovirus in a locked pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit with attack rates of 75% among 4 patients and 26% among 38 staff. Factors contributing to the outbreak included environmental contamination, close staff-patient contact including sharing meals, and inability to confine the index patient with the use of contact precautions.
我们报告了一起在封闭的儿科住院精神科病房发生的诺如病毒暴发事件,4名患者的感染率为75%,38名工作人员的感染率为26%。导致此次暴发的因素包括环境污染、工作人员与患者的密切接触(包括共餐)以及使用接触预防措施后仍无法隔离首例患者。