Cent Eur J Public Health 2005, 13(1):29-31

Outbreaks of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Two Hospital Wards

Štefkovičová M.1, Sokolík J.2, Vicianová V.3, Maďar R.4
1 Department of Epidemiology, State Health Institute, Trenčín
2 Department of Ophthamology, Hospital in Trenčín
3 Department of Newborn Children, Hospital in Trenčín
4 Institute of Epidemiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Slovak Republic

The authors analyzed two hospital outbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), one at the Department of Ophthalmology (30 cases) and another one at the Department of Premature Newborns (22 cases). In both outbreaks, EKC was diagnosed in inpatients (16 and 6 respectively), outpatients (5 and 3 respectively), healthcare workers (HCWs) (3 and 5 respectively), and relatives of EKC patients (6 and 8 respectively). Implemented infection control measures included isolation precautions, improved disinfection and hand-washing of both hospital and outpatient department personnel. Shortly after implementation of control measures the rate of infection transmission started to decrease significantly.

Keywords: epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, hospital outbreak, control measures

Received: August 3, 2004; Revised: October 5, 2004; Accepted: October 5, 2004; Published: March 1, 2005  Show citation

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Štefkovičová M, Sokolík J, Vicianová V, Maďar R. Outbreaks of Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis in Two Hospital Wards. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2005;13(1):29-31. PubMed PMID: 15859177.
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