Open AccessContainment of varicella outbreak in intensive care unit of a tertiary level hospital
Author(s) -
Raman Sharma,
Kapil Goyal,
Nidhi Bhatia,
Vikas Rana,
Mini P. Singh,
Ashish Bhalla,
Gurpreet Singh,
Ashok Kumar,
Kajal Jain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_542_20
Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , infection control , intensive care unit , health care , transmission (telecommunications) , emergency medicine , intensive care , vaccination , disease , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , virology , engineering , electrical engineering , economics , economic growth
Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) infection in healthcare organizations, especially in intensive care units (ICU), having admitted immunocompromised patients, is of serious concern as well as poses threat to healthcare workers working in such critical areas. The present report defines the transmission and infection control measures initiated to curtail VZV infection spread in the trauma ICU of a tertiary care hospital of North India.