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Nosocomial Influenza at a Canadian Pediatric Hospital From 1995 to 1999: Opportunities for Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert Slinger  and
Peggy Dennis
Robert Slinger*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Infection Control Program, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Peggy Dennis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Disease and Infection Control Program, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaK1H8L1
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Abstract

Nineteen cases of nosocomial influenza occurred at a pediatric hospital during a 5-year period. Only one of the nine children with chronic health conditions had been immunized. Length of stay was prolonged for seven children, with three intensive care unit admissions. We have now implemented strategies to decrease nosocomial influenza infection. (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:627-629).

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 10 , October 2002 , pp. 627 - 629
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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