Influenza outbreak control practices and the effectiveness of interventions in long-term care facilities: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluation of influenza control measures frequently focuses on the efficacy of chemoprophylaxis and vaccination, while the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) receives less emphasis. While influenza control measures are frequently reported for individual outbreaks, there have been few efforts to characterize the real-world effectiveness of these interventions across outbreaks.

Objectives

To characterize influenza case and outbreak definitions and control measures reported by long-term care facilities (LTCFs) of elderly adults and estimate the reduction in influenza-like illness (ILI) attack rates due to chemoprophylaxis and NPI.

Methods

We conducted a literature search in PubMed including English-language studies reporting influenza outb

SUBMITTER: Rainwater-Lovett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877675 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature