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Nosocomial rotavirus in a pediatric hospital
1Department of Pediatrics, Babies & Children's Hospital of New York, New York-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, USA.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|June 29, 2001
Abstract:
We describe a nosocomial rotavirus outbreak among pediatric cardiology patients and the impact of a prospective, laboratory-based surveillance program for rotavirus in our university-affiliated, quartenary-care pediatric hospital in New York City. Improved compliance with infection control and case-finding among patients and healthcare workers halted the outbreak.