SHORT REPORT: Facemasks and intensified hand hygiene in a German household trial during the 2009/2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: adherence and tolerability in children and adults

SHORT REPORT: Facemasks and intensified hand hygiene in a German household trial during the 2009/2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: adherence and tolerability in children and adults

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as facemasks and intensified hand hygiene may be effective in preventing influenza infections in households. It may be equally important that household members, especially children, can learn to use, maintain and tolerate these measures. We monitored adher...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemiology and infection 2011-12, Vol.139 (12), p.1895-1901
Hauptverfasser: SUESS, T., REMSCHMIDT, C., SCHINK, S., LUCHTENBERG, M., HAAS, W., KRAUSE, G., BUCHHOLZ, U.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adults
Children
Disease transmission
Diseases
Disinfection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Pandemics
Questionnaires
Rooms
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Zusammenfassung:Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) such as facemasks and intensified hand hygiene may be effective in preventing influenza infections in households. It may be equally important that household members, especially children, can learn to use, maintain and tolerate these measures. We monitored adherence and tolerability of these NPI within a cluster-randomized trial in households with influenza index patients. We recruited 147 participants in 41 households, 39 (95%) out of 41 index patients were children (aged
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409