ReviewJournal of infection prevention2018
Infectious illness prevention and control methods and their effectiveness in non-health workplaces: an integrated literature review.
Review in Journal of infection prevention, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A general framework for selecting work participation outcomes in intervention studies among persons with health problems: a concept paper.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Microbes Saving Lives and Reducing Suffering.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Article
- Higher Viral Stability and Ethanol Resistance of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus on Human Skin.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfectious illness in the workplace places a substantial cost burden on employers due to productivity losses from employee absenteeism and presenteeism.
aimGiven 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.
methodsMEDLINE, CINAHL Plus with Fulltext and Business Source Complete were searched concurrently using EBSCO Host 1995-2016.
findingsInfection 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.
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