RUBELLA EXPOSURE IN AN OBSTETRIC CLINIC
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 57 (2) , 182-186
Abstract
When a nurse employed in a hospital-based obstetric clinic became ill with rubella, a crisis was precipitated. The hospital staff implemented a plan to inform the exposed 151 patients and 44 employees of the potential danger to themselves and their fetuses. To identify persons at risk, a program of rubella antibody testing of contacts was instituted. In 3 distinct attempts to obtain blood specimens, patient compliance rates fell progressively from 79% to 14%. One additional infected employee was detected. A list of recommendations designed to prevent or lessen the impact of future rubella exposures in hospitals is presented.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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