Nosocomial Pertussis: Costs of an Outbreak and Benefits of Vaccinating Health Care Workers | Zendy

Angela Calugar | Zendy; Ismael R. Ortega-Sánchez | Zendy; Tejpratap Tiwari | Zendy; L. Oakes | Zendy; Jeffrey A. Jahre | Zendy; Trudy V. Murphy | Zendy

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Nosocomial Pertussis: Costs of an Outbreak and Benefits of Vaccinating Health Care Workers

Author(s) -

Angela Calugar,

Ismael R. Ortega-Sánchez,

Tejpratap Tiwari,

L. Oakes,

Jeffrey A. Jahre,

Trudy V. Murphy

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/500321

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , infection control , whooping cough , health care , vaccination , environmental health , cost–benefit analysis , emergency medicine , indirect costs , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , virology , ecology , business , accounting , biology , economics , economic growth

In September 2003, 17 symptomatic cases of pertussis among health care workers (HCWs) resulted from a 1-day exposure to an infant who was later confirmed to have pertussis. These HCWs identified 307 close contacts. The hospital implemented extensive infection-control measures. The objective of this study was to determine direct and indirect costs incurred by the hospital and symptomatic HCWs as a result of the September 2003 outbreak and to estimate possible benefits of vaccinating HCWs from the hospital perspective.

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