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

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 pro...

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Main Authors: Branch-Elliman, Westyn, Araujo-Castillo, Roger V., Snyder, Graham M., Sullivan, Bernadette F., Alonso, Carolyn D., Wright, Sharon B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652443

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