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Current Situation of Infection Control Measures against Measles, Rubella, Mumps, and Varicella Viruses for Healthcare Personnel: A Multi-Center Survey in Niigata Prefecture, 2018
Noriyasu SATO1), Miho ISHII2) and Masami TSUGITA2)
1)Department of Pharmacy, Medical Corporation Aikokai Toyoura Hospital, 2)Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
The Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals, published by the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control, defines criteria for antibody titers to control measles, rubella, mumps, and varicella infections. A measles and rubella outbreak began in Japan in 2018. However, the actual situation of infection control measures, including measles, for healthcare personnel working in healthcare facilities in Niigata Prefecture has not been well assessed. To promote these control measures, we surveyed the current status of infection control measures against measles, rubella, mumps, and varicella viruses for healthcare personnel in 126 hospitals in Niigata Prefecture. Of the 89 facilities that responded to the questionnaire, 61 (68.5%) carried out checks of the vaccination history or measured antibody titers for the above-mentioned viruses among their healthcare personnel. Of the facilities that measured antibody titers, 17 (29.3%) used the criteria indicated on examination reports provided by commercial clinical examination facilities, and 36 (62.1%) used the criteria indicated in the Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Personnel.
The criteria indicated in the Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Personnel are used to evaluate antibody titers to control infection of healthcare personnel. Thus, the criteria provided by the Vaccination Guidelines for Healthcare Personnel are usually stricter than those in the examination reports from commercial clinical examination facilities. The results suggest that some healthcare facilities use the criteria indicated on the examination reports provided by the commercial clinical examination facilities as criteria for infection control without recognizing the differences between these evaluation criteria.
Key words：measles, rubella, mumps, varicella, antibody
e-mail: noriyasu.sato＠aiko.or.jp
Received: November 9, 2018
Accepted: December 19, 2018
34 (2)：122─127,2019
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