Association of visitation policy and health care-acquired respiratory viral infections in hospitalized children

Publication date: Available online 19 October 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control
Author(s): Matthew Washam, Jon Woltmann, Andrea Ankrum, Beverly Connelly
Visitor restriction policies are meant to prevent health care-acquired viral infections; however, data on their efficacy in hospitalized children are limited. We report a 37% reduction in health care-acquired respiratory viral infections in a children's hospital following standardization of the visitation policy that limited the number of visitors during a patient's hospitalization.



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