Prolonged in-hospital exposure to an infant with active pulmonary tuberculosis

Atti, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli; Gattinara, Guido Castelli; Ciliento, Gaetano; Lancella, Laura; Russo, Cristina; Coltella, Luana; Vinci, M.; Zaffina, Salvatore; Raponi, Massimiliano

doi:10.1017/s0950268810001809

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“…In 2003, an expert panel reconsidered these assumptions and came to the conclusion that all HWs working at entry points to the healthcare system where patients are not yet diagnosed (e.g., emergency rooms, surgery, nursing homes) are at increased risk of TB infection. Furthermore, delayed diagnosis of TB in patients is a particular risk factor for TB transmission in hospitals and other health facilities [33]. After the likelihood of accepting TB as an OD increased, the number of claims increased.…”

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Infections in Healthcare Workers in Germany—22-Year Time Trends

Nienhaus

2018

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Health workers (HWs) run an increased risk of infection. The standardised data set of an accident insurer was used to analyse the time trends of infection-related claims and confirmed occupational diseases (ODs) in HWs. The numbers of claims and confirmed claims for different infections were analysed for the years 1996 to 2017. The rate of claims and confirmed ODs were calculated per 100,000 full-time workers. The number of claims was relatively stable over time. However, the rate per 100,000 full-time workers decreased from 25.2 to 15.4. The decrease was most pronounced for hepatitis B and hepatitis C infections, which were the most frequent infections for which claims were made at the start of the period. In 2017, tuberculosis (TB)-related claims were more frequent than those related to blood-borne virus infections. However, the growing number of TB claims does not reflect an increased infection risk, but rather improved methods for the diagnosis of latent TB infection (LTBI). Measures to prevent blood-borne virus infections in HWs were successful in the last 22 years, but attention should be paid to newly emerging infections.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Infections in Healthcare Workers in Germany—22-Year Time Trends

Nienhaus

2018

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“…The rate of TB transmission from smear-positive adults seems to be very high (from 40 to 60%), even if TB transmission from smear-negative subjects with active TB has been clearly documented [10-14]. A limited number of studies reporting rates of M. tuberculosis transmission from a pediatric case index are available in literature (Table 1) [15-25]. Most of these involve adolescents and describe school outbreaks [15-19].…”

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“…However, the limited number of contacts in this report and lack of information on microscopy on respiratory specimens from the source case do not add consistent data to this issue. Few reports are available if the source case is a young child and they involve infants in hospital, accounting for a transmission rate from infants of 0-3% [24,25]. No data were available about transmission rates from sputum-negative children, but two recent reports from Paranjothy et al and Baghaie et al .…”

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Podzamczer

2014

BMC Infect Dis

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“…With the perspective of assessing and managing the risks within a pediatric hospital [46,47] associated with the use of robotic devices, it seems necessary to make an assessment that also takes into account the human factor in relation to the characteristics of cognitive ergonomics, usability, software and hardware interface, context and how to use the robotic technology.…”

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Robotic Technology in Pediatric Neurorehabilitation. A Pilot Study of Human Factors in an Italian Pediatric Hospital

Gilardi

Falco

Casasanta

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The introduction of robotic neurorehabilitation among the most recent technologies in pediatrics represents a new opportunity to treat pediatric patients. This study aims at evaluating the response of physiotherapists, patients and their parents to this new technology. The study considered the outcomes of technological innovation in physiotherapists (perception of the workload, satisfaction), as well as that in patients and their parents (quality of life, expectations, satisfaction) by comparing the answers to subjective questionnaires of those who made use of the new technology with those who used the traditional therapy. A total of 12 workers, 46 patients and 47 parents were enrolled in the study. Significant differences were recorded in the total workload score of physiotherapists who use the robotic technology compared with the traditional therapy (p < 0.001). Patients reported a higher quality of life and satisfaction after the use of the robotic neurorehabilitation therapy. The parents of patients undergoing the robotic therapy have moderately higher expectations and satisfaction than those undergoing the traditional therapy. In this pilot study, the robotic neurorehabilitation technique involved a significant increase in the patients’ and parents’ expectations. As it frequently happens in the introduction of new technologies, physiotherapists perceived a greater workload. Further studies are needed to verify the results achieved.

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Prolonged in-hospital exposure to an infant with active pulmonary tuberculosis

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Infections in Healthcare Workers in Germany—22-Year Time Trends

Infections in Healthcare Workers in Germany—22-Year Time Trends

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Robotic Technology in Pediatric Neurorehabilitation. A Pilot Study of Human Factors in an Italian Pediatric Hospital

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