Surveillance and disposal of healthcareassociated infection outbreaks in Shanghai Pudong New Area from 2012 to 2014
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    ObjectiveTo establish emergency disposal procedures of healthcareassociated infection(HAI) in Pudong New Area, evaluate onsite investigation method, identify the key links and risk factors for infection, and timely control HAI outbreak. MethodsFrom January 2012 to December 2014, epidemiological investigation on HAI outbreaks in 65 hospitals in Pudong New Area was performed, emergency plan for disposal procedures of HAI was initiated, the emergency disposal procedures of each event was evaluated by experts. ResultsThere were 6 infection outbreaks occurred in Pudong New Area from January 2012 to December 2014, all were HAI, and no communityassociated infection existed simultaneously; 6 cases of HAI outbreaks involved 119 persons, the major were hospitalized patients (n=99,83.19%) and care workers (n=16,13.45%); 5 outbreaks all detected Norovirus, the main transmission route was close contact of nurses with patients during care for patients; the evaluation of each incident revealed that the total score was >90. ConclusionThe emergency disposal procedure of HAI suitable for Pudong New Area has been established, the effect is good and proved effective according to the expert evaluation on practical outbreaks.

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王静,赵治英,等.2012—2014年上海市浦东新区医院感染暴发事件的监测和处置[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2017,16(6):502-505. DOI:10.3969/j. issn.1671-9638.2017.06.003.
WANG Jing, ZHAO Zhiying, et al. Surveillance and disposal of healthcareassociated infection outbreaks in Shanghai Pudong New Area from 2012 to 2014[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2017,16(6):502-505. DOI:10.3969/j. issn.1671-9638.2017.06.003.

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  • Received:July 14,2016
  • Revised:September 22,2016
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  • Online: June 22,2017
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