Infectious illness prevention and control methods and their effectiveness in non-health workplaces: an integrated literature review.
Infectious illness prevention and control methods and their effectiveness in non-health workplaces: an integrated literature review.
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DOI：
10.1177/1757177418772184
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
van de Mortel, Thea F
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作者：
Hansen, Stephanie;Zimmerman, Peta-Anne;van de Mortel, Thea F
背景：由于员工旷工和出勤导致的生产力损失，工作场所的传染病给雇主带来了巨大的成本负担。目的：鉴于传染病对工作场所的明显影响，本综述旨在调查有关非保健工作场所用于预防和控制这些工作场所传染病的策略的有效性和成本效益的国际文献。方法：使用EBSCO主机1995-2016同时检索MEDLINE、CINAHL Plus全文和Business Source Complete。研究结果：文献中评估的减少工作场所传染病和缺勤的感染预防和控制策略包括流感疫苗接种计划、使用含酒精的洗手液和带薪病假。虽然报告的研究有各种方法上的缺陷，但有充分的证据表明流感疫苗接种在预防工作场所传染病和缺勤方面的有效性，并有适度的证据支持手卫生计划。讨论：一些研究同时使用了一种以上的干预措施，使得很难确定每种策略的相对益处。预防和控制传染病传播的工作场所战略可以减少企业和组织因传染病缺勤和出勤而遭受的成本和生产力损失。
BACKGROUND: Infectious illness in the workplace places a substantial cost burden on employers due to productivity losses from employee absenteeism and presenteeism.AIM: Given the clear impacts of infectious illness on workplaces, this review aimed to investigate the international literature on the effectiveness and cost-benefit of the strategies non-healthcare workplaces use to prevent and control infectious illnesses in these workplaces.METHODS: MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus with Fulltext and Business Source Complete were searched concurrently using EBSCO Host 1995-2016.FINDINGS: Infection prevention and control strategies to reduce workplace infectious illness and absenteeism evaluated in the literature include influenza vaccination programs, use of alcohol-based hand sanitiser and paid sick days. While the reported studies have various methodological flaws, there is good evidence of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing workplace infectious illness and absences and moderate evidence to support hand hygiene programs.DISCUSSION: Some studies used more than one intervention concurrently, making it difficult to determine the relative benefit of each individual strategy. Workplace strategies to prevent and control infectious illness transmission may reduce costs and productivity losses experienced by businesses and organisations related to infectious illness absenteeism and presenteeism.