Gardner P S, Court S D, Brocklebank J T, Downham M A, Weightman D
Br Med J. 1973 Jun 9;2(5866):571-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5866.571.
In a survey of virus cross-infection in paediatric wards there were 15 cross-infections due to respiratory syncytial (R.S.) virus and 16 due to influenza A, both during a four-month period, and 19 due to parainfluenza viruses over two years. The illnesses produced by these infections acquired in hospital ranged from a slight cold to severe pneumonia: in 17 of the 50 cases the illness involved the lower respiratory tract. A measure of cross-infection frequency in the form of a "cross-infection rate" has been devised, and it is suggested that this can be used to assess the influence of factors such as ward design and admission policy on the frequency of cross-infection.
在一项针对儿科病房病毒交叉感染的调查中,在四个月的时间里,有15起交叉感染是由呼吸道合胞病毒(R.S.病毒)引起的,16起是由甲型流感病毒引起的,而在两年时间里,有19起是由副流感病毒引起的。这些在医院感染所引发的疾病从轻感冒到严重肺炎不等:在50例病例中,有17例疾病累及下呼吸道。已经设计出一种以“交叉感染率”形式表示的交叉感染频率衡量方法,并建议可将其用于评估诸如病房设计和入院政策等因素对交叉感染频率的影响。