Outbreak of Hand-Feet-and-Mouth Disease among Indian and Eskimo Children in a Hospital

Morgante, O.; Wilkinson, D.; Burchak, E. C.; Bruce, Michael G.; Richter, Matthias

doi:10.1093/infdis/125.6.587

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“…Morgante et al were unable to isolate virus from clinical specimens obtained later than the first week after onset of disease. 8 Specimens from only one of the six cases sampled in our investigation were obtained during the first week of illness.…”

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“…In the one reported hospital outbreak, the clinical syndrome of HFMD developed in children on a pediatric ward for tuberculous patients during a concurrent community epidemic in Edmonton, Canada. 8 In the fall of 1983 an outbreak of HFMD was recognized among operating suite employees of a large urban hospital in Utah. The outbreak was unusual in that adult hospital personnel were affected in the absence of a recognized community epidemic.…”

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Nosocomial Outbreak of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Among Operating Suite Personnel

Johnston

Burke

1986

Infect. Control

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In the fall of 1983 an outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease occurred in a large urban hospital. The outbreak began among surgical nurses confined to one area of the operating suite and appeared to spread by direct contact to personnel working in the other areas. No cases were diagnosed among hospital patients. There was no evidence to support an ongoing community epidemic as only three of 98 physicians surveyed had seen hand-foot-and-mouth disease in their practices, and none occurred among family members of 94 unaffected employees. The outbreak resulted in 82 lost workdays at an estimated cost to the hospital of $5,676. Existing infection control guidelines do not address the issue of transmission of hand-foot-and-mouth disease from hospital personnel to patients; our experience suggests that the risk of transmission, at least in the operating suite environment, may be greater for other personnel than for patients.

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confidence: 99%