Identification of a norovirus outbreak on a hematopoietic stem cell transplant unit and development and implementation of a novel infection prevention algorithm for controlling transmission

Branch-Elliman W.; Araujo-Castillo R.V.; Snyder G.M.; Sullivan B.F.; Alonso C.D.; Wright S.B. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2020) · DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.21

Resumen

Controlling norovirus transmission in units with immunocompromised patients is challenging. We present a cluster of norovirus cases that occurred on a stem-cell transplant unit and the prevention efforts that were implemented to limit the outbreak. Protocols developed to control this cluster may provide a model for other facilities.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas