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Table 2 Summary table for accepted studies—respiratory system

From: Use of ward closure to control outbreaks among hospitalized patients in acute care settings: a systematic review

Study

Setting (beds); country

Definition of ward closure (length)

Other measures

Inpatient outcomes (includes index case(s))a

Controlled (Y, N, NA)

Due tob

Influenza A

Horcajada et al. [40]

Infectious disease and AIDS wards (23) at a tertiary care hospital (800); Spain

No new admissions (2w)

7

8/23 in total

Y

All

Risa et al. [43]

Adult behavioral health unit (26) at a veterans hospital; USA

No new admissions

9

8/26 in total

Y

Multiple

Sartor et al. [44]

Internal medicine unit (19) at a medical school affiliate (700); France

No new admissions

3

9/22 in total: 2 (22 %) positive

Y

NA

Wong et al. [47]

General medical ward, 3 bays (30); Hong Kong, China

No new admissions; no transfers (8d)

5

9/60 in total

Y

All

Parainfluenza

Moisiuk et al. [42]

Tertiary obstetric-neonatal facility (20); Canada

No new admissions (3w)

8

12/19 in total:

Y

Hand hygiene

6 (50 %) positive

Parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial virus

Jalal et al. [41]

Adult hematology unit (58) at a teaching hospital; UK

No new admissions (2m)

5

30 in total (19 PIV-3, 7 RSV, 4 with both): 11 (37 %) died

Y

Multiple

Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Gopalakrishna et al. [46]

3 tertiary hospitals (1400, 1600, unknown); Singapore

Hospital 1: hospital-wide undefined closure

Hospital 1: 7

Hospital 1: 11 in total

Y (all 3 hospitals)

All (all 3 hospitals)

Hospital 2: no new admissions and discharges

Hospital 2: 4

Hospital 2: 12 in total

Hospital 3: no new admissions and discharges (10d)

Hospital 3: 1

Hospital 3: 6 in total

Liu et al. [48]

Primary and tertiary care at a referral medical center (2300); Taiwan, China

Undefined closure

12

16 in total: 4 (25 %) died

Y

All

Owolabi and Kwolek [38]

Obstetrical unit at a general hospital; Canada

SARS 1: limited new admissions

SARS 1 (27d): 8

NA

Y

NA

SARS 2: no new admissions (45d)

Days 5–49: 3

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Subramanian et al. [45]

ENT ward at a teaching hospital; UK

No new admissions; no discharges (1w)

4

7 in total

Y

NA

Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus

Denton et al. [39]

Adult oncology unit (34); UK

No new admissions (11d)

5

8 in total

Y

Closure

  1. d days, w weeks, m months, y years
  2. aIncludes deaths directly, indirectly, and attributable to infection
  3. bMultiple includes ward closure