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Hospital-acquired rotavirus infection in paediatric inpatients

C. Allan

Microbiology Department, The Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Alder Hey Hospital, Alder Road, West Derby, Liverpool L12 2AP

P.J. Todd

Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Road, Wirral CH49 5PE

J.G. Cunniffe

Medical Microbiology, as above

M.J. Maxwell

Clinical Practice Research Unit

otavirus is one of the major agents of paediatric hospital-acquired infections. The authors performed an audit of hospital-acquired rotavirus infection in a large UK district hospital with two paediatric wards. The rate of such acquired rotavirus infection was 1.9% of the total number of rotavirus infections recorded over a 4.5-year period, which is a lower figure than that seen in other similar reports and could indicate the effectiveness of the infection control precautions adopted.

Key Words: Rotavirus • paediatric • audit

British Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 7, No. 5, 23-24 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/14690446060070050701
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