Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Influenza A (H1N1) 2009: Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health | Wicker et al. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2010 5 10 http content 5 1 10 JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ANDTOXICOLOGY RESEARCH Open Access Influenza A H1N1 2009 Impact on Frankfurt in due consideration of health care and public health Sabine Wicker 1 Holger F Rabenau2 Harald Bias3 David A Groneberg3 and René Gottschalk4 Abstract Background In April 2009 a novel influenza A H1N1 2009 virus was identified in Mexico and in the United States which quickly spread around the world. Most of the countries established infection surveillance systems in order to track the number of laboratory-confirmed H1N1 cases hospitalizations and deaths. Methods The impact of the emergence of the novel pandemic H1N1 2009 virus on Frankfurt was statistically evaluated by the Health Protection Authority City of Frankfurt am Main. Vaccination rates of the health care workers HCWs of the University Hospital Frankfurt were measured by the Occupational Health Service. Results Although the virulence of pandemic H1N1 2009 seems to be comparable with seasonal influenza a major patient load and wave of hospital admissions occurred in the summer of 2009. Even though the 2009 vaccination rate of the University Hospital Frankfurt seasonal influenza swine flu is better than the average annual uptake of influenza vaccine in the German health care system approximately 22 for seasonal and 15 for swine flu vaccination levels remain insufficient. However physicians were significantly p more likely to have been vaccinated against swine flu and seasonal influenza than nurses. Conclusions The outbreak of the pandemic H1N1 2009 in April 2009 provided a major challenge to health services around the world. Nosocomial transmission of H1N1 2009 has been documented. Present experience should be used to improve pandemic preparedness plans and vaccination programs ought to target as many HCWs as possible. Background When the pandemic H1N1 2009 flu outbreak began .
