Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season
BACKGROUND: Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003, hospitals have been mandated to use infection screening questionnaires to determine which patients have infectious respiratory illness and, therefore, require isolation precautions. Despite widespread use of symptom-based...
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| description | BACKGROUND: Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003, hospitals have been mandated to use infection screening questionnaires to determine which patients have infectious respiratory illness and, therefore, require isolation precautions. Despite widespread use of symptom-based screening tools in Ontario, there are no data supporting the accuracy of these screening tools in hospitalized patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bf3038999d814c8bbb4b18d4719238942025-02-03T01:00:30ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412013-01-01203e55e5910.1155/2013/762140Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza SeasonSunita Mulpuru0Virginia R Roth1Nadine Lawrence2Alan J Forster3The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, CanadaThe Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, CanadaOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, CanadaBACKGROUND: Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003, hospitals have been mandated to use infection screening questionnaires to determine which patients have infectious respiratory illness and, therefore, require isolation precautions. Despite widespread use of symptom-based screening tools in Ontario, there are no data supporting the accuracy of these screening tools in hospitalized patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/762140 |
| spellingShingle | Sunita Mulpuru Virginia R Roth Nadine Lawrence Alan J Forster Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season |
| title_full | Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season |
| title_fullStr | Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season |
| title_short | Influenza Infection Screening Tools Fail to Accurately Predict Influenza Status for Hospitalized Patients During Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Season |
| title_sort | influenza infection screening tools fail to accurately predict influenza status for hospitalized patients during pandemic h1n1 influenza season |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/762140 |
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