Laboratory-based surveillance of hospital-acquired respiratory virus infection in a tertiary care hospital

• Published in: American journal of infection control Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. e45 - e47
• Main Authors: Choi, Hye-Suk, RN, Kim, Mi-Na, MD, PhD, Sung, Heungsup, MD, PhD, Lee, Jeong-Young, MT, Park, Hee-Youn, RN, MPH, Kwak, Sun-Hee, RN, MPH, Lim, Young-Ju, RN, MSN, Hong, Min-Jee, RN, MSN, Kim, Sun-Kyung, RN, Park, So-Yeon, RN, Kim, Hyeon-Jeong, RN, Kim, Kyu-Ri, RN, Choi, Hye-Ran, RN, MPH, Jeong, Jae Sim, RN, PhD, Choi, Sang-Ho, MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2017; Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - virology; Diagnostic Tests, Routine; Epidemiological Monitoring; Female; Hospital-acquired viral infection; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infection Control; Infectious Disease; Male; Middle Aged; Respiratory virus; Tertiary Care Centers; Transmission of respiratory virus; Virus Diseases - epidemiology; Virus Diseases - virology; Viruses - classification; Viruses - isolation & purification; Young Adult; Respiratory virus; Transmission of respiratory virus; Hospital-acquired viral infection
• ISSN: 0196-6553; 1527-3296
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.01.009

Of 7,772 laboratory-confirmed cases of respiratory viral infection among hospitalized patients, 22.8% were categorized as having hospital-acquired infection. The overall incidence of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infection was 3.9 (95% confidence interval, 3.7-4.1) cases per 1,000 admitted patients. Rhinovirus was the most common virus (30.3%), followed by influenza virus (17.6%) and parainfluenza virus (15.6%).