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ABSTRACT:
Methods: In this prospective single-center study, we instituted a universal surgical mask policy requiring all individuals with direct contact with HSCT patients to wear a surgical mask, regardless of symptoms or season. The primary endpoint was the incidence of RVIs in the mask period (2010-2014) compared with the premask period (2003-2009).
Results: RVIs decreased from 10.3% (95/920 patients) in the premask period to 4.4% (40/911) in the mask period (P < .001). Significant decreases occurred after both allogeneic (64/378 [16.9%] to 24/289 [8.3%], P = .001) and autologous (31/542 [5.7%] to 16/622 [2.6%], P = .007) transplants. After adjusting for multiple covariates including season and year in a segmented longitudinal analysis, the decrease in RVIs remained significant, with risk of RVI of 0.4 in patients in the mask group compared with the premask group (0.19-0.85, P = .02). In contrast, no decrease was observed during this same period in an adjacent hematologic malignancy unit, which followed the same infection control practices except for the mask policy. The majority of this decrease was in parainfluenza virus 3 (PIV3) (8.3% to 2.2%, P < .001).
Conclusions: Requiring all individuals with direct patient contact to wear a surgical mask is associated with a reduction in RVIs, particularly PIV3, during the most vulnerable period following HSCT.
SUBMITTER: Sung AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5036914 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sung Anthony D AD Sung Julia A M JAM Thomas Samantha S Hyslop Terry T Gasparetto Cristina C Long Gwynn G Rizzieri David D Sullivan Keith M KM Corbet Kelly K Broadwater Gloria G Chao Nelson J NJ Horwitz Mitchell E ME
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20160801 8
<h4>Background</h4>Respiratory viral infections (RVIs) are frequent complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Surgical masks are a simple and inexpensive intervention that may reduce nosocomial spread.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective single-center study, we instituted a universal surgical mask policy requiring all individuals with direct contact with HSCT patients to wear a surgical mask, regardless of symptoms or season. The primary endpoint was the incidence of RVIs in the ...[more]