Ever wonder why your patients get respiratory infections postoperatively? Here’s another risk factor. Almost 95% of hospital caregivers completed at least one shift while ill with an acute upper respiratory infection during flu season, despite hospital policies against such behavior. This was more common among physicians than among nurses.
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Which Healthcare Workers Work With Acute Respiratory Illness?
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
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Author(s): Lili Jiang, Allison McGeer, Shelly McNeil, Kevin Katz, Mark Loeb, Matthew P. Muller, Andrew Simor, Jeff Powis, Philipp Kohler, Julia M. Di Bella, Brenda L. Coleman for the Canadian Healthcare Worker Study Group
