Open AccessPreventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in the Pediatric in-Patients Hematology-Oncology Setting: What Is the Role for Nonpharmacological Prophylaxis?
Author(s) -
Desirée Caselli,
Simone Cesaro,
Susanna Livadiotti,
Ottavio Ziino,
Olivia Paolicchi,
Giulio Andrea Zanazzo,
Giuseppe Maria Milano,
Maria Licciardello,
Angelica Barone,
Monica Cellini,
De Santis Raffaella,
M Giacchino,
Mario Rossi,
Maurizio Aricò,
Elio Castagnola
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 2036-7503
DOI - 10.4081/pr.2011.e9
Subject(s) - medicine , hematology , intensive care medicine , chemotherapy , pediatric oncology , clinical trial , oncology , isolation (microbiology) , cancer , bioinformatics , biology
Despite a continuous will to protect the immune compromised host from infections, evidence based indications for intervention by non-pharmacological toools are still lacking in oncology. Nevertheless, guidelines on standard precaution and trasmission base precaution are available. They may be important in order to reduce the risk of trasmission of infection in selected healthcare settings, such as the pediatric hematology-oncology wards. . AIEOP Centers agree that for children treated with chemotherapy both of these approaches should be implemented and vigorously enforced, while additional policies, including strict environmental isolation should be restricetd to patients with selected clinical conditions or complications
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