Reported variability in healthcare facility policies regarding healthcare personnel working while experiencing influenza-like illnesses: An emerging infections network survey.
Hilary M BabcockSusan E BeekmannSatish K PillaiScott SantibanezLeslie LeeDavid T KuharAngela P CampbellAnita PatelPhilip M PolgreenPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)
More than one-third of respondents were unaware of whether their institutions had policies to prevent HCP with ILI from working; among those with knowledge of institutional policies, dissemination, monitoring, and enforcement of these policies was highly variable. Improving communication about work-restriction policies, as well as monitoring and enforcement, may help prevent the spread of infections from HCP to patients.