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Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient

MedGen UID:
61548
•Concept ID:
C0206228
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Disease Transmission, Professional Patient; Disease Transmission, Professional to Patient; Disease Transmission, Professional-Patient; Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Health Care Worker Patient Transmission; Health Care Worker-Patient Transmission; Healthcare Worker Patient Transmission; Healthcare Worker-Patient Transmission; Infection Transmission, Professional to Patient; Infection Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Infection Transmissions, Professional-to-Patient; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional to Patient; Pathogen Transmission, Professional to Patient; Pathogen Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Pathogen Transmissions, Professional-to-Patient; Professional to Patient Disease Transmission; Professional to Patient Transmission; Professional-Patient Disease Transmission; Professional-Patient Transmission; Professional-to-Patient Disease Transmission; Professional-to-Patient Infection Transmission; Professional-to-Patient Pathogen Transmission; Professional-to-Patient Transmission; Transmission, Health Care Worker Patient; Transmission, Health Care Worker-Patient; Transmission, Healthcare Worker Patient; Transmission, Healthcare Worker-Patient; Transmission, Professional Patient; Transmission, Professional to Patient; Transmission, Professional-Patient; Transmission, Professional-Patient Disease; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Disease; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Infection; Transmission, Professional-to-Patient Pathogen; Worker-Patient Transmission, Healthcare

Definition

The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from health professional or health care worker to patients. It includes transmission via direct or indirect exposure to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral agents. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVInfectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Laboratory, PCR, and chest CT imaging findings.
Abbasi-Oshaghi E, Mirzaei F, Farahani F, Khodadadi I, Tayebinia H
Int J Surg 2020 Jul;79:143-153. Epub 2020 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.018. PMID: 32422384Free PMC Article
The challenge of COVID-19 and hematopoietic cell transplantation; EBMT recommendations for management of hematopoietic cell transplant recipients, their donors, and patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.
Ljungman P, Mikulska M, de la Camara R, Basak GW, Chabannon C, Corbacioglu S, Duarte R, Dolstra H, Lankester AC, Mohty M, Montoto S, Murray J, Peffault de Latour R, Snowden JA, Yakoub-Agha I, Verhoeven B, Kröger N, Styczynski J; European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplant 2020 Nov;55(11):2071-2076. Epub 2020 May 13 doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-0919-0. PMID: 32404975Free PMC Article
Clinical consensus recommendations regarding non-invasive respiratory support in the adult patient with acute respiratory failure secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Cinesi Gómez C, Peñuelas Rodríguez Ó, Luján Torné M, Egea Santaolalla C, Masa Jiménez JF, García Fernández J, Carratalá Perales JM, Heili-Frades SB, Ferrer Monreal M, de Andrés Nilsson JM, Lista Arias E, Sánchez Rocamora JL, Garrote JI, Zamorano Serrano MJ, González Martínez M, Farrero Muñoz E, Mediano San Andrés O, Rialp Cervera G, Mas Serra A, Hernández Martínez G, de Haro López C, Roca Gas O, Ferrer Roca R, Romero Berrocal A, Ferrando Ortola C
Med Intensiva (Engl Ed) 2020 Oct;44(7):429-438. Epub 2020 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2020.03.005. PMID: 32312600Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hand-hygiene-related clinical trials reported between 2014 and 2020: a comprehensive systematic review.
Clancy C, Delungahawatta T, Dunne CP
J Hosp Infect 2021 May;111:6-26. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.007. PMID: 33744382Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Laboratory, PCR, and chest CT imaging findings.
Abbasi-Oshaghi E, Mirzaei F, Farahani F, Khodadadi I, Tayebinia H
Int J Surg 2020 Jul;79:143-153. Epub 2020 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.018. PMID: 32422384Free PMC Article
Surgical Head Coverings: A Literature Review.
Spruce L
AORN J 2017 Oct;106(4):306-316.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2017.08.001. PMID: 28958316
Back to Basics: Sterile Technique.
Spruce L
AORN J 2017 May;105(5):478-487. doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2017.02.014. PMID: 28454613
Epidemiology of candidiasis.
Pfaller MA
J Hosp Infect 1995 Jun;30 Suppl:329-38. doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(95)90036-5. PMID: 7560969

Diagnosis

Implications of COVID-19 for the busy gastroenterologist.
Ferreira-Silva J, Peixoto A, Rodrigues-Pinto E, Macedo G
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021 Mar 1;33(3):319-324. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001811. PMID: 32501876Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Laboratory, PCR, and chest CT imaging findings.
Abbasi-Oshaghi E, Mirzaei F, Farahani F, Khodadadi I, Tayebinia H
Int J Surg 2020 Jul;79:143-153. Epub 2020 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.018. PMID: 32422384Free PMC Article
The challenge of COVID-19 and hematopoietic cell transplantation; EBMT recommendations for management of hematopoietic cell transplant recipients, their donors, and patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.
Ljungman P, Mikulska M, de la Camara R, Basak GW, Chabannon C, Corbacioglu S, Duarte R, Dolstra H, Lankester AC, Mohty M, Montoto S, Murray J, Peffault de Latour R, Snowden JA, Yakoub-Agha I, Verhoeven B, Kröger N, Styczynski J; European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplant 2020 Nov;55(11):2071-2076. Epub 2020 May 13 doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-0919-0. PMID: 32404975Free PMC Article
Hepatitis B virus infection in children and adolescents.
Indolfi G, Easterbrook P, Dusheiko G, Siberry G, Chang MH, Thorne C, Bulterys M, Chan PL, El-Sayed MH, Giaquinto C, Jonas MM, Meyers T, Walsh N, Wirth S, Penazzato M
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Jun;4(6):466-476. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30042-1. PMID: 30982722
The impaired radiologist.
Magnavita N, Magnavita G, Bergamaschi A
Radiol Med 2010 Aug;115(5):826-38. Epub 2010 Mar 9 doi: 10.1007/s11547-010-0539-7. PMID: 20221712

Therapy

Hand-hygiene-related clinical trials reported between 2014 and 2020: a comprehensive systematic review.
Clancy C, Delungahawatta T, Dunne CP
J Hosp Infect 2021 May;111:6-26. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.007. PMID: 33744382Free PMC Article
Hepatitis B virus infection in children and adolescents.
Indolfi G, Easterbrook P, Dusheiko G, Siberry G, Chang MH, Thorne C, Bulterys M, Chan PL, El-Sayed MH, Giaquinto C, Jonas MM, Meyers T, Walsh N, Wirth S, Penazzato M
Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Jun;4(6):466-476. Epub 2019 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30042-1. PMID: 30982722
Vaccination of healthcare workers: is mandatory vaccination needed?
Maltezou HC, Theodoridou K, Ledda C, Rapisarda V, Theodoridou M
Expert Rev Vaccines 2019 Jan;18(1):5-13. Epub 2018 Dec 10 doi: 10.1080/14760584.2019.1552141. PMID: 30501454
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
Gould DJ, Moralejo D, Drey N, Chudleigh JH, Taljaard M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Sep 1;9(9):CD005186. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4. PMID: 28862335Free PMC Article
Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Luangasanatip N, Hongsuwan M, Limmathurotsakul D, Lubell Y, Lee AS, Harbarth S, Day NP, Graves N, Cooper BS
BMJ 2015 Jul 28;351:h3728. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3728. PMID: 26220070Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Implications of COVID-19 for the busy gastroenterologist.
Ferreira-Silva J, Peixoto A, Rodrigues-Pinto E, Macedo G
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021 Mar 1;33(3):319-324. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001811. PMID: 32501876Free PMC Article
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection.
Pozzetto B, Memmi M, Garraud O, Roblin X, Berthelot P
World J Gastroenterol 2014 Dec 14;20(46):17265-78. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17265. PMID: 25516637Free PMC Article
Epidemiology and diagnosis of health care-associated infections in the NICU.
Polin RA, Denson S, Brady MT; Committee on Fetus and Newborn; Committee on Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics 2012 Apr;129(4):e1104-9. Epub 2012 Mar 26 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0147. PMID: 22451708
Semmelweis revisited: hand hygiene and nosocomial disease transmission in the anesthesia workstation.
Biddle C
AANA J 2009 Jun;77(3):229-37. PMID: 19645173
Surgeon, test (and heal) thyself: sharps injuries and hepatitis C risk.
Watson KJ
Med J Aust 2004 Oct 4;181(7):366-7. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06328.x. PMID: 15462652

Clinical prediction guides

Practical considerations for spirometry during the COVID-19 outbreak: Literature review and insights.
Crimi C, Impellizzeri P, Campisi R, Nolasco S, Spanevello A, Crimi N
Pulmonology 2021 Sep-Oct;27(5):438-447. Epub 2020 Aug 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.07.011. PMID: 32800783Free PMC Article
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
Gould DJ, Moralejo D, Drey N, Chudleigh JH, Taljaard M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Sep 1;9(9):CD005186. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4. PMID: 28862335Free PMC Article
Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Luangasanatip N, Hongsuwan M, Limmathurotsakul D, Lubell Y, Lee AS, Harbarth S, Day NP, Graves N, Cooper BS
BMJ 2015 Jul 28;351:h3728. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3728. PMID: 26220070Free PMC Article
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection.
Pozzetto B, Memmi M, Garraud O, Roblin X, Berthelot P
World J Gastroenterol 2014 Dec 14;20(46):17265-78. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i46.17265. PMID: 25516637Free PMC Article
Risk of HIV and other blood-borne infections in the cardiac setting: patient-to-provider and provider-to-patient transmission.
Puro V, De Carli G, Scognamiglio P, Porcasi R, Ippolito G; Studio Italiano Rischio Occupazionale HIV
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001 Nov;946:291-309. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03918.x. PMID: 11762993

Recent systematic reviews

Hand-hygiene-related clinical trials reported between 2014 and 2020: a comprehensive systematic review.
Clancy C, Delungahawatta T, Dunne CP
J Hosp Infect 2021 May;111:6-26. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.007. PMID: 33744382Free PMC Article
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
Gould DJ, Moralejo D, Drey N, Chudleigh JH, Taljaard M
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Sep 1;9(9):CD005186. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005186.pub4. PMID: 28862335Free PMC Article
Comparative efficacy of interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Luangasanatip N, Hongsuwan M, Limmathurotsakul D, Lubell Y, Lee AS, Harbarth S, Day NP, Graves N, Cooper BS
BMJ 2015 Jul 28;351:h3728. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h3728. PMID: 26220070Free PMC Article
Tuberculosis transmission from healthcare workers to patients and co-workers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Schepisi MS, Sotgiu G, Contini S, Puro V, Ippolito G, Girardi E
PLoS One 2015;10(4):e0121639. Epub 2015 Apr 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121639. PMID: 25835507Free PMC Article
Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene.
Davis R, Parand A, Pinto A, Buetow S
J Hosp Infect 2015 Mar;89(3):141-62. Epub 2014 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.11.010. PMID: 25617088

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