Occupationally related outbreak of chickenpox in hospital staff: a learning experience.

Occupationally related outbreak of chickenpox in an intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVE To report occupationally related outbreak of chickenpox in intensive care unit (ICU). CASE PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION The index patient was a 4-year-old child who presented with a 3-day history of fever and rash and was clinically diagnosed as chickenpox encephalitis. She was admitted to an isolation room in ICU, kept on oxygen mask and given intravenous fluids, anticonvulsant, a...

Stressors and Coping Strategies During the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Hospital Staff: A Case Study in Iran

Aims: The emergence of COVID-19 disease has created significant stress and anxiety for health care workers. This study aimed to investigate the stressors and coping strategies in the staff of Allameh Bohlool Hospital in Gonabad City, Iran, during the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. Methods & Materials: This cross-sectional study was performed on 252 employees of Allameh Bohlool Hospital in G...

Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after COVID-19 among Medical Staff of Masih Daneshvari Hospital

Background: The fast outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020 in the world, has put great physical and psychological pressure on medical staff of hospitals occupied in treating the COVID-19. It would cause the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among them. Thus, the current study aimed to determine the incidence of PTSD in hospital staff who were involved in treatment of COVID-19 pa...

Case Report: Occupationally Related Recurrent Varicella (Chickenpox) in a Hospital Nurse

Commonly accepted outcomes of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infections include chickenpox (primary) and shingles (recurrence or latency), as well lifetime immunity against chickenpox. We report the case of a registered nurse who worked in a neurologic surgery ward in a general hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. While working there for approximately 1 year, she developed recurrent chickenpox after carin...

Re-organising Junior Doctors During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Single Centre Experience in the United Kingdom