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Observational Study
. 2015 Aug;35(8):627-30.
doi: 10.1038/jp.2015.27. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Effect of young sibling visitation on respiratory syncytial virus activity in a NICU

A M Peluso  1 , B A Harnish  1 , N S Miller  2 , E R Cooper  1 , A M Fujii  1
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Observational Study

Effect of young sibling visitation on respiratory syncytial virus activity in a NICU

A M Peluso et al. J Perinatol. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether the restriction of young sibling (<13 years) visitation in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season was associated with a reduction in the rate of RSV infection among NICU patients.

Study design: A retrospective chart review of all RSV positive infants from the 2001-2010 RSV seasons. The 2001-2006 RSV seasons (group 1) contained 639 admissions and the 2007-2010 (group 2, with sibling restriction) contained 461 admissions. Groups were compared by using the Fisher's Exact Test.

Results: There was a reduction of RSV positive infants from 6.7% in Group 1 to 1.7% in Group 2 (P<0.0001). There was a reduction of symptomatic infants from the number of infants with symptomatic RSV infection from 23/639 infants with young sibling visitation to 2/461 (P<0.001).

Conclusion: Exclusion of young sibling visitors <13 years of age during RSV season was associated with a significant reduction in the number of RSV positive infants in the NICU.

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