Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 risk for frontline health care workers
Auteur Caroline Marshall
Auteur Anne Kelso
Auteur Emma McBryde
Auteur Ian G Barr
Auteur Damon P Eisen
Auteur Joe Sasadeusz
Auteur Kirsty Buising
Auteur Allen C Cheng
Auteur Paul Johnson
Auteur Michael Richards
Résumé To determine whether frontline health care workers (HCWs) are at greater risk for contracting pandemic (H1N1) 2009 than nonclinical staff, we conducted a study of 231 HCWs and 215 controls. Overall, 79 (17.7%) of 446 had a positive antibody titer by hemagglutination inhibition, with 46 (19.9%) of 231 HCWs and 33 (15.3%) of 215 controls positive (OR 1.37, 95% confidence interval 0.84-2.22). Of 87 participants who provided a second serum sample, 1 showed a 4-fold rise in antibody titer; of 45 patients who had a nose swab sample taken during a respiratory illness, 7 had positive results. Higher numbers of children in a participant’s family and working in an intensive care unit were risk factors for infection; increasing age, working at hospital 2, and wearing gloves were protective factors. This highly exposed group of frontline HCWs was no more likely to contract pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza infection than nonclinical staff, which suggests that personal protective measures were adequate in preventing transmission.
Publication Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 17
Numéro 6
Pages 1000-1006
Date Jun 2011
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doi:10.3201/eid/1706.101030
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