1.Hospital-Acquired Measles: A Systematic Review Using the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) Statement
Erdenetuya BOLORMAA ; Cho Ryok KANG ; Han Ho KIM ; Young June CHOE
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2024;31(1):64-74
Purpose:
Despite the recent increased number of nosocomial measles, the outbreak investigation reports are not usually standardized, thus posing unclear understanding of magnitude of its public health burden. We used the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) statement, to compare nosocomial outbreaks and synthesize evidence to prevent hospital transmission of measles.
Methods:
A PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane search in English, using the medical subject headings “measles,” “nosocomial,” “hospital,” and “healthcare,” was performed. We evaluated the quality of outbreak reports of nosocomial measles infection worldwide using the ORION statement findings and recommendations.
Results:
We reviewed 24 studies in accordance to the ORION statement. Measles transmission in healthcare settings is a significant burden on the morbidity, mortality, and economy of measles. The healthcare workers’ booster vaccination guidelines should be monitored and enhanced during the post-elimination period of measles. The outcomes of infections must be explicit for outbreak reports.
Conclusions
This study identified the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of nosocomial measles infections and provided strong evidence for infection control policies in hospitals.
2.Hospital-Acquired Measles: A Systematic Review Using the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) Statement
Erdenetuya BOLORMAA ; Cho Ryok KANG ; Han Ho KIM ; Young June CHOE
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2024;31(1):64-74
Purpose:
Despite the recent increased number of nosocomial measles, the outbreak investigation reports are not usually standardized, thus posing unclear understanding of magnitude of its public health burden. We used the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) statement, to compare nosocomial outbreaks and synthesize evidence to prevent hospital transmission of measles.
Methods:
A PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane search in English, using the medical subject headings “measles,” “nosocomial,” “hospital,” and “healthcare,” was performed. We evaluated the quality of outbreak reports of nosocomial measles infection worldwide using the ORION statement findings and recommendations.
Results:
We reviewed 24 studies in accordance to the ORION statement. Measles transmission in healthcare settings is a significant burden on the morbidity, mortality, and economy of measles. The healthcare workers’ booster vaccination guidelines should be monitored and enhanced during the post-elimination period of measles. The outcomes of infections must be explicit for outbreak reports.
Conclusions
This study identified the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of nosocomial measles infections and provided strong evidence for infection control policies in hospitals.
3.Hospital-Acquired Measles: A Systematic Review Using the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) Statement
Erdenetuya BOLORMAA ; Cho Ryok KANG ; Han Ho KIM ; Young June CHOE
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2024;31(1):64-74
Purpose:
Despite the recent increased number of nosocomial measles, the outbreak investigation reports are not usually standardized, thus posing unclear understanding of magnitude of its public health burden. We used the Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection (ORION) statement, to compare nosocomial outbreaks and synthesize evidence to prevent hospital transmission of measles.
Methods:
A PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane search in English, using the medical subject headings “measles,” “nosocomial,” “hospital,” and “healthcare,” was performed. We evaluated the quality of outbreak reports of nosocomial measles infection worldwide using the ORION statement findings and recommendations.
Results:
We reviewed 24 studies in accordance to the ORION statement. Measles transmission in healthcare settings is a significant burden on the morbidity, mortality, and economy of measles. The healthcare workers’ booster vaccination guidelines should be monitored and enhanced during the post-elimination period of measles. The outcomes of infections must be explicit for outbreak reports.
Conclusions
This study identified the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of nosocomial measles infections and provided strong evidence for infection control policies in hospitals.
4.Does the father’s job matter? Parental occupation and preterm birth in Korea
Taemi KIM ; Eunseon GWAK ; Bolormaa ERDENETUYA ; Jeong-Won OH ; Jung-won YOON ; Myoung-Hee KIM ; Jia RYU ; Seung-Ah CHOE
Epidemiology and Health 2023;45(1):e2023078-
OBJECTIVES:
Limited evidence is available regarding the impact of paternal occupation and its combined effect with maternal occupation on preterm birth. Therefore, we assessed the association of maternal and paternal occupations with preterm birth.
METHODS:
We used the national birth data of Korea between 2010 and 2020. Parental occupations were divided into 5 categories: (1) managers; (2) professionals, technicians, and related workers; (3) clerks and support workers; (4) service and sales workers; and (5) manual workers. A multinomial logistic regression model was used to calculate the adjusted odds ratios (aORs) of extremely, very, and moderate-to-late preterm births per occupational category considering individual risk factors.
RESULTS:
For the 4,004,976 singleton births, 40.2% of mothers and 95.5% of fathers were employed. Compared to non-employment, employment was associated with a lower risk of preterm birth. Among employed mothers, service and sales occupations were associated with a higher risk of preterm birth than managerial occupations (aOR, 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01 to 1.10 for moderate-to-late preterm births). The father’s manual occupation was associated with a higher risk of preterm birth (aOR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.13 for moderate-to-late preterm) than managerial occupations. When both parents had high-risk occupations, the risk of preterm birth was higher than in cases where only the mother or neither of the parents had a high-risk occupation.
CONCLUSIONS
Paternal occupation was associated with preterm birth regardless of maternal employment and occupation and modified the effect of maternal occupation. Detailed occupational environment data are needed to identify the paternal exposures that increase the risk.