Impact of New York State Influenza Mandate on Influenza-Like Illness, Acute Respiratory Illness, and Confirmed Influenza in Healthcare Personnel

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1361-1363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Batabyal ◽  
Juyan J. Zhou ◽  
Joy D. Howell ◽  
Luis Alba ◽  
Helen H. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Influenza Season ◽  
New York State ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Acute Respiratory Illness ◽  
Respiratory Illnesses ◽  
York State ◽  
Influenza Like Illness

In 2013, New York State mandated that, during influenza season, unvaccinated healthcare personnel (HCP) wear a surgical mask in areas where patients are typically present. We found that this mandate was associated with increased HCP vaccination and decreased HCP visits to the hospital Workforce Health and Safety Department with respiratory illnesses and laboratory-confirmed influenza.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1361–1363

Two Distinct Surveillance Methods to Track Hospitalized Influenza Patients in New York State During the 2009–2010 Influenza Season

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Noyes ◽  
Dina Hoefer ◽  
Christine Barr ◽  
Ruth Belflower ◽  
Kevin Malloy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Influenza Season ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Detection of Enterovirus D68 in Clinical Samples from an Outbreak in New York State in 2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1915-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhuge ◽  
Eric Vail ◽  
Jeffrey L. Bush ◽  
Lauren Singelakis ◽  
Weihua Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
New York State ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Sequencing Analysis ◽  
York State ◽  
Reverse Transcription Pcr ◽  
Enterovirus D68

An outbreak of severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infection was reported in mid-August 2014 in the United States. In this study, we evaluated the diagnostic utility of an EV-D68-specific real-time reverse transcription-PCR (rRT-PCR) that was recently developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in clinical samples. Nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimens from patients in a recent outbreak of respiratory illness in the lower Hudson Valley, New York State, were collected and examined for the presence of human rhinovirus or enterovirus using the FilmArray Respiratory Panel (RP) assay. Samples positive by RP were assessed using EV-D68 rRT-PCR, and the data were compared to results from sequencing analysis of partial VP1 and 5′ untranslated region (5′-UTR) sequences of the EV genome. A total of 285 RP-positive NP specimens (260 from the 2014 outbreak and 25 from 2013) were analyzed by rRT-PCR; EV-D68 was detected in 74 of 285 (26.0%) specimens examined. Data for comparisons between rRT-PCR and sequencing analysis were obtained from 194 NP specimens. EV-D68 detection was confirmed by sequencing analysis in 71 of 74 positive and in 1 of 120 randomly selected negative specimens by rRT-PCR. The EV-D68 rRT-PCR showed diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 98.6% and 97.5%, respectively. Our data suggest that the EV-D68 rRT-PCR is a reliable assay for detection of EV-D68 in clinical samples and has a potential to be used as a tool for rapid diagnosis and outbreak investigation of EV-D68-associated infections in clinical and public health laboratories.

scholarly journals The Intersectionality of Activism and Public Health in New York State: Can Labor/Health and Safety Move Addiction Recovery Forward?

2021 ◽  
pp. 104829112110462
Author(s):  
Stephanie M. Campbell ◽  
Jonathan Rosen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
New York State ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
York State ◽  
Crisis Prevention ◽  
Safety And Health

People affected by overdose deaths are advocating for prevention and increased access to treatment. Activist coalitions challenged the deadly impact of stigma, discrimination, and inadequate access to life-saving substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health care. Advocacy by coalitions resulted in federal and state funding and legislation, improving access to care. New York State is a model for these reforms. Occupational safety and health activists have largely been absent from this critical policy work even though 70% of people who are struggling with substance use are working. Antiquated workplace policies discipline workers who have substance use problems, silencing those who need support. Pain related to hazardous and stressful work are drivers of the crisis. Prevention and recovery-friendly workplace programs are part of the solution. Partnerships among employers, unions and safety and health activists with the recovery movement can prevent SUD and help affected workers build and sustain their recovery.

scholarly journals Monitoring Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Through Trends in Influenza-like Illness, Laboratory-confirmed Influenza, and COVID-19—New York State, Excluding New York City, 1 January 2020–12 April 2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli S Rosenberg ◽  
Eric W Hall ◽  
Elizabeth M Rosenthal ◽  
Angela M Maxted ◽  
Donna L Gowie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
New York State ◽  
Temporal Data ◽  
York State ◽  
Influenza Like Illness ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Innovative monitoring approaches are needed to track the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic and potentially assess the impact of community mitigation interventions. We present temporal data on influenza-like illness, influenza diagnosis, and COVID-19 cases for all 4 regions of New York State through the first 6 weeks of the outbreak.

scholarly journals Viruses associated with acute respiratory infections 1961–71

1974 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Sore Throat ◽  
School Children ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infections ◽  
Acute Respiratory Illness ◽  
Pathogenic Organism ◽  
Respiratory Illnesses ◽  
Influenza Like Illness

SUMMARYInfluenza-like illness, cold and sore throat was the diagnosis given in over 80% of 5177 acute respiratory illnesses in patients swabbed over a 10-year-period. A pathogenic organism was isolated twice as frequently from patients with a sore throat or an influenza-like illness as from those diagnosed as suffering from croup or laryngitis and bronchitis. A laboratory diagnosis was commoner in school children than in older or younger persons.Most of the organisms isolated were found in association with all types of acute respiratory illness but, with increasing age of the patient, one particular agent or group of agents was more likely to be of aetiological significance.

scholarly journals The COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel Study (CHPS): Overview, Methods and Preliminary Report

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles DiMaggio ◽  
David Abramson ◽  
Ezra Susser ◽  
Christina W. Hoven ◽  
Qixuan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
New York State ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
York State

IntroductionThe COVID-19 Healthcare Personnel Study (CHPS) was designed to assess and mitigate adverse short and long-term physical and mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on New York’s health care workforce. Here we report selected baseline results.MethodsOnline survey of New York State physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants registered with the New York State Department of Health. Survey-weighted descriptive results were analyzed using frequencies, proportions, and means, with 95% confidence intervals. Odds ratios were calculated for association using survey-weighted logistic regression.ResultsApproximately 51.5% (95% CI 49.1, 54.0) of the survey-weighted respondents reported having worked directly or in close physical contact with COVID-19 patients. Of those tested for COVID-19, 27.3% (95% CI 22.5, 32.2) were positive. Having symptoms consistent with COVID-19 was associated with reporting a subsequent positive COVID-19 test (OR=14.0, 95% CI 5.7, 34.7). Over half of the respondents, (57.6%) reported a negative impact of the COVID-19 efforts on their mental health. Respondents who indicated that they were redeployed or required to do different functions than usual in response to COVID-19 were more likely to report negative mental health impacts (OR=1.3, 95% CI 1.1, 1.6).ConclusionsAt the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York State in Spring 2020, more than half of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants included in this study responded to the crisis, often at a cost to their physical and mental health and disruption to their lives.

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