Title
Identification of a norovirus outbreak on a hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit and development and implementation of a novel infection prevention algorithm for controlling transmission
Date Issued
01 April 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Branch-Elliman W.
Snyder G.M.
Sullivan B.F.
Alonso C.D.
Wright S.B.
Publisher(s)
Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Controlling norovirus transmission in units with immunocompromised patients is challenging. We present a cluster of norovirus cases that occurred on a stem-cell transplant unit and the prevention efforts that were implemented to limit the outbreak. Protocols developed to control this cluster may provide a model for other facilities.
Start page
472
End page
476
Volume
41
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85082125634
PubMed ID
Source
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
ISSN of the container
0899823X
Sponsor(s)
W.B.E. is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (grant no. NHLBI 1K12HL138049-01).
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