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Successful Containment of a Norovirus Outreak in an Acute Adult Psychiatric Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Susan J. Gilbride ,
Bonita E. Lee ,
Geoffrey D. Taylor  and
Sarah E. Forgie
Susan J. Gilbride*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Bonita E. Lee
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Geoffrey D. Taylor
Affiliation:
Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sarah E. Forgie
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatrics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
University of Alberta Hospital/Stollery Children's Hospital, 9-112 Clinical Sciences Building, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Canada(sue.gilbride@capitalhealth.ca)
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Abstract

We describe a norovirus outbreak in an acute adult psychiatric area in a tertiary care hospital. Containment of the outbreak was challenging because of the patients' psychiatric conditions and the area's configuration. On the basis of this experience, recommendations were made to help prevent a similar scenario in the future.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , March 2009 , pp. 289 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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