Effectiveness of personal protective measures in reducing pandemic influenza transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of personal protective measures in reducing pandemic influenza transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Highlights • We review the effectiveness of PPMs against pandemic influenza infection. • Hand hygiene provided a significant protective effect. • Facemask use provided a non-significant protective effect. • No data were found on the effectiveness of cough etiquette.

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemics 2017-09, Vol.20 (C), p.1-20
Hauptverfasser: Saunders-Hastings, Patrick, Crispo, James A.G, Sikora, Lindsey, Krewski, Daniel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cough etiquette
Facemask
Hand Disinfection
Hand hygiene
Humans
Infectious Disease
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Influenza, Human - prevention & control
Internal Medicine
Masks
Pandemic influenza
Pandemics - prevention & control
Systematic review
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • We review the effectiveness of PPMs against pandemic influenza infection. • Hand hygiene provided a significant protective effect. • Facemask use provided a non-significant protective effect. • No data were found on the effectiveness of cough etiquette.
ISSN:1755-4365
1878-0067
DOI:10.1016/j.epidem.2017.04.003