title: Strategies for minimizing nosocomial measles transmission.
abstract: As a result of the highly contagious nature of measles before the onset of rash, nosocomial transmission will remain a threat until the disease is eradicated. However, a number of strategies can minimize its nosocomial spread. It is therefore vital to maximize awareness among health care staff that an individual with measles can enter a health facility at any time and that a continual risk of the nosocomial transmission of measles exists. The present review makes two groups of recommendations: those which are generally applicable to all countries, and certain additional recommendations which may be suitable only for industrialized countries.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Harare, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Biellik
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Clements
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019049:Developed Countries; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007297:Inpatients; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014611:Vaccination; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005719:gamma-Globulins