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  • Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season

    Am J Infect Control. 2017 May 16. pii: S0196-6553(17)30300-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.008. [Epub ahead of print]
    Working with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season.

    Chiu S1, Black CL2, Yue X2, Greby SM2, Laney AS3, Campbell AP4, de Perio MA5.
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    Abstract

    BACKGROUND:

    Health care personnel (HCP) working while experiencing influenza-like illness (ILI) contribute to influenza transmission in health care settings. Studies focused on certain HCP occupations or work settings have demonstrated that some HCP often continue to work while ill.
    METHODS:

    Using a national nonprobability Internet panel survey of 1,914 HCP during the 2014-2015 influenza season, we calculated the frequency of working with self-reported ILI (ie, fever and cough or sore throat) and examined reasons for working with ILI by occupation and work setting.
    RESULTS:

    Overall, 414 (21.6%) HCP reported ILI, and 183 (41.4%) reported working with ILI (median, 3 days; range, 0-30 days). Pharmacists (67.2%) and physicians (63.2%) had the highest frequency of working with ILI. By work setting, hospital-based HCP had the highest frequency of working with ILI (49.3%). The most common reasons for working while ill included still being able to perform job duties and not feeling bad enough to miss work. Among HCP at long-term care facilities, the most common reason was inability to afford lost pay.
    CONCLUSIONS:

    More than 40% of HCP with ILI work while ill. To reduce HCP-associated influenza transmission, potential interventions could target HCP misconceptions about working while ill and paid sick leave policies.
    Published by Elsevier Inc.


    KEYWORDS:

    Ill; Occupational health; Sick leave

    PMID: 28526310 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.008

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