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Norovirus caused most U.S. hospital infection outbreaks over 2 years
January 31, 2012|By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
Norovirus took the top spot for infection outbreaks in U.S. hospitals from 2008 to 2009 and was responsible for most department closures as well, a study finds.
Researchers looked at 822 survey results from hospitals around the country that reported on outbreak investigations, what triggered them and how they were controlled.
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Four organisms caused the majority of outbreaks (almost 60%): norovirus, which causes severe gastroenteritis (18.2%), Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning, pneumonia and skin infections (17.5%), Acinetobacter spp, a bacterium common in hospitals (13.7%), and Clostridium difficile or C. difficile, a bacterium that can cause colon inflammation and diarrhea (10.3%).
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The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.
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January 31, 2012|By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times / For the Booster Shots blog
Norovirus took the top spot for infection outbreaks in U.S. hospitals from 2008 to 2009 and was responsible for most department closures as well, a study finds.
Researchers looked at 822 survey results from hospitals around the country that reported on outbreak investigations, what triggered them and how they were controlled.
...
Four organisms caused the majority of outbreaks (almost 60%): norovirus, which causes severe gastroenteritis (18.2%), Staphylococcus aureus, or staph, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning, pneumonia and skin infections (17.5%), Acinetobacter spp, a bacterium common in hospitals (13.7%), and Clostridium difficile or C. difficile, a bacterium that can cause colon inflammation and diarrhea (10.3%).
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The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.
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Full text:
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/31/news/la-heb-norovirus-hospital-outbreak20110131