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cord-007028-zid9e20z	Forkpa, Hawa	Association Between Children’s Hospital Visitor Restrictions and Healthcare-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Study	2019-04-16		.txt	text/plain	2274	109	40	The healthcare-associated (HA) viral respiratory infection (VRI) transmission index (number of HA VRIs per 100 inpatient community-associated VRIs) was 59% lower during the months in which visitor restrictions were implemented. During VRPP periods, visitors were screened by the concierge staff in the lobby of the children's hospital for symptoms of viral respiratory and gastrointestinal illness before being granted access to patient care areas and screened again by bedside nurses in patient rooms. Our data indicate that VRPPs implemented in the winter at a freestanding children's hospital are associated with reduced hospital transmission of respiratory viruses compared with that in nonwinter months when VRPPs are not in place. Although VRPPs are often limited to the winter months when community incidence of RSV and influenza rises, our data also suggest that seasonal VRPPs can result in unacceptably frequent hospital transmission of respiratory viruses, particularly rhinovirus/enterovirus, during nonwinter months.	./cache/cord-007028-zid9e20z.txt	./txt/cord-007028-zid9e20z.txt