Impact and costs of varicella prevention in a university hospital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11033044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Weber (0000-0002-8824-1110, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), William A Rutala (0009-0008-4635-8709, Office of Infectious Diseases), Christianna Parham |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-23 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.78.1.19 |
| PMID | 3337300 |
| OpenAlex | W2015172062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 48 |
Information regarding all patient and staff exposures to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was prospectively accumulated from 1/1/86 to 12/31/86 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. During this period of time 37 sources of exposure to VZV were reported: 10 outside and 27 within the hospital. Index cases for nosocomial exposure included: 12 patients with zoster, 9 patients with varicella, two staff with varicella, three visitors with varicella, and one staff with zoster. One hundred and twenty patients received nosocomial exposures; 28 had no history of VZV infection (23 per cent), of whom 11 were serosusceptible (39 per cent). Sources of nosocomial patient exposure included: other patients (85 per cent), staff (14 per cent), and a single visitor (1 per cent). More than 300 employees received nosocomial exposure; 158 had no history of VZV infection, of whom 49 were serosusceptible (31 per cent). Only a single employee and no patients developed clinical varicella as a result of nosocomial exposure. Costs associated with VZV control during 1986 totaled $55,934: $39,658 for work furloughs, $9,800 for serologies, $4,293 for patient isolation, $155 for varicella-zoster immune globulin, and $2,028 for infection control personnel time. These costs should be considered as part of any benefit-cost analysis of varicella immunization of health care personnel
Chickenpox · Immune system · Immunization · Varicella vaccine · Varicella zoster virus · Virus · Emergency Medicine · Immunology · Infection Control and Ventilation · Infection Control in Healthcare · Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection · Medicine · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |