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Article: Prevention of nosocomial transmission of norovirus by strategic infection control measures

TitlePrevention of nosocomial transmission of norovirus by strategic infection control measures
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Issue Date2011
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/home.html
Citation
Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology, 2011, v. 32 n. 3, p. 229-237 How to Cite?
AbstractBACKGROUND. Nosocomial outbreaks of norovirus infection pose a great challenge to the infection control team. METHODS. Between November 1, 2009, and February 28, 2010, strategic infection control measures were implemented in a hospital network. In addition to timely staff education and promotion of directly observed hand hygiene, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for norovirus was performed as an added test by the microbiology laboratory for all fecal specimens irrespective of the request for testing. Laboratory-confirmed cases were followed up by the infection control team for timely intervention. The incidence of hospitalacquired norovirus infection per 1,000 potentially infectious patient-days was compared with the corresponding period in the preceding 12 months, and the incidence in the other 6 hospital networks in Hong Kong was chosen as the concurrent control. Phylogenetic analysis of norovirus isolates was performed. RESULTS. Of the 988 patients who were tested, 242 (25%) were positive for norovirus; 114 (47%) of those 242 patients had norovirus detected by our added test. Compared with the corresponding period in the preceding 12 months, the incidence of hospital-acquired norovirus infection decreased from 131 to 16 cases per 1,000 potentially infectious patient-days (P< .001), although the number of hospitalacquired infections was low in both the study period (n=8) and the historical control periods (n=11). The incidence of hospital-acquired norovirus infection in our hospital network (0.03 cases per 1,000 patient-days) was significantly lower than that of the concurrent control (0.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days) (P=.015). Forty-three (93%) of 46 norovirus isolates sequenced belonged to the genogroup II.4 variant. CONCLUSIONS. Strategic infection control measures with an added test may be useful in controlling nosocomial transmission of norovirus. © 2011 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/143370
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.117
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Suen Chi Sun Charitable Foundation
Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID)
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We thank Dr P. Y. Leung of the Hospital Authority for facilitating this study. This work was partly funded by Suen Chi Sun Charitable Foundation and Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases (RFCID).

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dc.contributor.authorCheng, VCCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, LMWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTai, JWMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, JFWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTo, KKWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLi, IWSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHung, IFNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, PLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-24T10:04:08Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-24T10:04:08Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationInfection Control And Hospital Epidemiology, 2011, v. 32 n. 3, p. 229-237en_HK
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dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND. Nosocomial outbreaks of norovirus infection pose a great challenge to the infection control team. METHODS. Between November 1, 2009, and February 28, 2010, strategic infection control measures were implemented in a hospital network. In addition to timely staff education and promotion of directly observed hand hygiene, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for norovirus was performed as an added test by the microbiology laboratory for all fecal specimens irrespective of the request for testing. Laboratory-confirmed cases were followed up by the infection control team for timely intervention. The incidence of hospitalacquired norovirus infection per 1,000 potentially infectious patient-days was compared with the corresponding period in the preceding 12 months, and the incidence in the other 6 hospital networks in Hong Kong was chosen as the concurrent control. Phylogenetic analysis of norovirus isolates was performed. RESULTS. Of the 988 patients who were tested, 242 (25%) were positive for norovirus; 114 (47%) of those 242 patients had norovirus detected by our added test. Compared with the corresponding period in the preceding 12 months, the incidence of hospital-acquired norovirus infection decreased from 131 to 16 cases per 1,000 potentially infectious patient-days (P< .001), although the number of hospitalacquired infections was low in both the study period (n=8) and the historical control periods (n=11). The incidence of hospital-acquired norovirus infection in our hospital network (0.03 cases per 1,000 patient-days) was significantly lower than that of the concurrent control (0.06 cases per 1,000 patient-days) (P=.015). Forty-three (93%) of 46 norovirus isolates sequenced belonged to the genogroup II.4 variant. CONCLUSIONS. Strategic infection control measures with an added test may be useful in controlling nosocomial transmission of norovirus. © 2011 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/home.htmlen_HK
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dc.subject.meshCaliciviridae Infections - epidemiology - prevention and control - transmission-
dc.subject.meshCross Infection - epidemiology - prevention and control - transmission-
dc.subject.meshDisease Outbreaks - prevention and control - statistics and numerical data-
dc.subject.meshInfection Control - methods-
dc.subject.meshNorovirus - genetics - isolation and purification-
dc.titlePrevention of nosocomial transmission of norovirus by strategic infection control measuresen_HK
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