[Strategies for minimizing nosocomial transmission of measles].
Because 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.
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Organización Mundial de la Salud, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D014944:World Health Organization