title: Fly rounds: Validation and pilot of a novel epidemiologic tool to guide infection control response to an infestation of Sarcophagidae flies in a community hospital's perioperative department.
abstract: During an outbreak of Sarcophagidae, or flesh flies, in a community hospital's perioperative department, the infection prevention and control (IPC) department developed, validated, and piloted a novel epidemiologic tool to track hourly fly prevalence by room. Interrater reliability of the tool was measured as 0.88 and hourly point prevalence counts were superimposed on floor plans to create heat maps. Such surveillance tools allowed more timely decision making in conjunction with the operations of the hospital incident command system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, St Joseph Health Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA. Electronic address: jonathan.schouest@stjoe.org.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schouest
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, St Joseph Health Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, St Joseph Health Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.affiliation: St Joseph Health Medical Group, Santa Rosa, CA.
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D058493:Sarcophagidae / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital
keywords: Incident command system; Operating room; Outbreak; Point prevalence; Surveillance