title: Community-acquired notifiable infectious diseases in a pediatric hospital: effect on infection control work load.
abstract: In a study of the impact of notifiable communicable disease admissions on infection control work load, we found notifiable disease cases to be responsible for less than 10% of admissions but 27% of infection control ward visits and to require extensive community liaison. Measures of work load based on nosocomial infections alone will underestimate infection control activity considerably.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shears
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*