Notes from the Field: Health Care-Associated Hepatitis A Outbreak - Texas, 2015.
On August 27-28, 2015, the Texas Department of State Health Services received calls from Fort Bend County and Harris County health departments requesting postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) recommendations for contacts of two nurses (patients A and B) with confirmed hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection. Both nurses had symptom onset during August 15-19 and worked for the same pediatric home health care agency in another jurisdiction. Because of the proximity of the onset dates, a common source exposure was suspected. The state and local health departments began an investigation to identify potentially exposed patients, their families, and other agency personnel; offer PEP; and identify the source of exposure.
Rachel
R
Wiseman
Lauren M
LM
Weil
Catalina
C
Lozano
Thomas J
TJ
Johnson
Sherry
S
Jin
Anne C
AC
Moorman
Monique A
MA
Foster
Tonya
T
Mixson-Hayden
Yury
Y
Khudyakov
David T
DT
Kuhar
Julie
J
Graves
D002648:Child; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D064650:Home Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D056990:Post-Exposure Prophylaxis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
D022362:Hepatitis A Vaccines; D012367:RNA, Viral