作者
Melanie Murray, Jennifer Grant, Elizabeth Bryce, Paul Chilton, Leslie Forrester
发表日期
2010/10
期刊
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
卷号
31
期号
10
页码范围
1011-1016
出版商
Cambridge University Press
简介
Background
Before the emergence of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, estimates of the stockpiles of facial protective equipment (FPE) and the impact that information had on personnel during a pandemic varied.
Objective
To describe the impact of H1N1 on FPE use and hospital employee absenteeism.
Setting
One tertiary care hospital and 2 community hospitals in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region, Vancouver, Canada.
Patients
All persons with influenza-like illness admitted to the 3 VCH facilities during the period from June 28 through December 19, 2009.
Methods
Data on patients and on FPE use were recorded prospectively. Data on salaried employee absenteeism were recorded during the period from August 1 through December 19, 2009.
Results
During the study period, 865 patients with influenza-like illness were admitted to the 3 VCH facilities. Of these patients, 149 (17.2%) had laboratory-confirmed …
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