Upper respiratory tract infections and influenza-like illnesses among healthcare workers: are serological tests useful in monitoring influenza and influenza-like illness?

Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk for exposure to upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and influenza-like illnesses (ILIs). The present study aimed to surveil URTIs and ILIs and their impact among the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in Wroclaw employees and evaluate their humoral response to influenza.

Material And Methods: Thirty-six HCWs participated in the first season and 32 HCWs in the second season during years of the study.

[COVID-19 immunizations in occupational medicine].

This article discusses issues related to exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the work environment and employee's vaccination against COVID-19. The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus identified as the etiologic agent of COVID-19 prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic in March 2020. The droplet route transmits the virus.

An Infant With Seborrhoeic Dermatitis and Eczema Herpeticum Complicated by a Generalized Infection.

Primary herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection in children (beyond the neonatal period) may be asymptomatic or manifest as herpetic gingivostomatitis accompanied by fever and other symptoms. However, severe, health- and life-threatening infection is observed in rare cases, especially in at-risk patients. Children with atopic dermatitis may develop extensive eczema herpeticum ().

Antibiotic usage at a clinical paediatric hospital before and after the implementation of actions related to the hospital antibiotic policy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of undertaken interventions related to the hospital antibiotic policy (antibiotic stewardship programme (ASP)): participation in a point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals (PPS ECDC), and Polish national programme to protect antibiotics (NPOA) on the modification of the amount and profile of antibacterial drug use at the Public Paediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital in Warsaw.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of antimicrobials (with daily defined doses (DDD) assignment) usage expressed in DDD and DDD/100 bed days (BD) in the period 2013-2017 (5 years) on 14 hospital wards at the Public Paediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital in Warsaw before and after the implementation of ASP-related actions was conducted.

Results: A total of 188 405.

Impact of European vaccination policies on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rates: An update seven years later.

Seasonal influenza can have serious morbid consequences and can even result in death, particularly in at-risk populations, including healthcare professionals (HCPs), elderly and those living with a medical risk condition. Although in Europe recommendations exist for annual influenza vaccination in these populations in most countries, the vaccination coverage rate (VCR) is often well below the World Health Organization target of 75% coverage. In our previous survey in 2009 we showed that some elements of national vaccination policies, e.