Exposure to tick-borne encephalitis virus among nature management workers in the Netherlands.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has only recently been detected in the Netherlands. With still few autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) patients, human exposure to TBEV is expected to be very low among the general population. We aimed to assess the exposure to TBEV among persons with an occupationally high risk of tick bites in the Netherlands.

Analysing Tuberculosis Cases Among Healthcare Workers to Inform Infection Control Policy and Practices.

OBJECTIVE To determine the number and proportion of healthcare worker (HCW) tuberculosis (TB) cases infected while working in healthcare institutions in the Netherlands and to learn from circumstances that led to these infections. DESIGN Cohort analysis. METHODS We included all HCW TB patients reported to the Netherlands TB Register from 2000 to 2015.

Cross-sectional study on factors hampering implementation of measles pre- and postexposure measures in Dutch hospitals during the 2013-2014 measles outbreak.

Background: This study examined adherence to national recommendations on measles pre- and postexposure measures, including immunization of health care workers (HCWs) in Dutch hospitals, during a national outbreak of measles in The Netherlands. This study also investigated which hospital characteristics and organizational issues hamper implementation.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey among all general and academic hospitals in The Netherlands.