Approaches to multidrug-resistant organism prevention and control in long-term care facilities for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Despite clear evidence of benefits in acute-care hospitals, controversy over the effectiveness of IPC measures for MDROs is perceptible and evidence-based practice has not been established.

Objective: To investigate the effects of IPC interventions on MDRO colonization and infections in LTCFs.

Data Sources: Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL from inception to September 2020.

Epidemiological characteristics of the first 53 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong, 13 February 2020.

BackgroundCOVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, first appeared in China and subsequently developed into an ongoing epidemic. Understanding epidemiological factors characterising the transmission dynamics of this disease is of fundamental importance.AimsThis study aimed to describe key epidemiological parameters of COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

Brief education to promote maternal influenza vaccine uptake: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Although pregnant women are the highest priority group for seasonal influenza vaccination, maternal influenza vaccination rates remain suboptimal. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a brief education intervention on maternal influenza vaccine uptake.

Methods: During the 2013-14 and 2014-15 influenza seasons, we recruited 321 pregnant women from the antenatal clinics of 4 out of 8 public hospitals in Hong Kong with obstetric services.

Interventions to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination among pregnant women: A systematic review.

Background: Pregnant women and their infants under 6 months of age infected with influenza have a high risk of serious morbidity and mortality. Influenza vaccine during pregnancy offers 3-for-1 benefits to pregnant women, fetuses and newborn infants. Current vaccination uptake rates during pregnancy, however, are often lower than other high-risk groups and the general population.

Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women.

We assessed the self-reported prevalence of influenza-like illness (ILI) during pregnancy in two samples of 546 and 2764 new mothers who were pregnant during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 peak influenza seasons. During pregnancy, 11% of participants experienced an ILI. Cough, sore throat and nasal congestion were the most common reported symptoms.

Brief education to increase uptake of influenza vaccine among pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Pregnant women are the highest priority group for annual influenza vaccination. Studies have shown unacceptably low uptake of both seasonal and pandemic A/H1N1 influenza vaccination among pregnant women. This paper will describe the study protocol and methodology of a randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention in improving the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccine among pregnant women in Hong Kong.