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Evaluation of patients' mask use after the implementation of cough etiquette in the emergency department
Authors
Longtin, Yves
Akakpo, Christophe
Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry
Pittet, Didier
Sax, Hugo
Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2009, vol. 30, no. 9, p. 904-908
Abstract We developed a patient-based survey to evaluate the impact of a respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette implementation strategy on infection control practices in the emergency department. The frequency of self-reported mask use by coughing patients was low (27%) and often inconsistent. The frequency of use was highest among patients who presented with myalgia (odds ratio, 14.7; P =.02) and among patients who visited the emergency department during January (odds ratio, 4.1; P =.04).
Keywords Adolescent — Adult — Aged — Aged, 80 and over — Cough/epidemiology/prevention & control — Emergency Service, Hospital — Female — Hospitals, University — Humans — Infection Control/ methods — Male — Masks/ utilization — Middle Aged — Patient Compliance/statistics & numerical data — Practice Guidelines as Topic — Questionnaires — Respiratory Tract Infections/ prevention & control/transmission — Young Adult
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PMID: 19622049
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de médecine génétique et développement
Research group Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)
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(ISO format) 		LONGTIN, Yves et al. Evaluation of patients' mask use after the implementation of cough etiquette in the emergency department. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2009, vol. 30, n° 9, p. 904-908. doi: 10.1086/605471 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:9396

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