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- Title
Day Care Characteristics Associated with "Haemophilus Influenzae" Disease.
- Authors
Wenger, Jay D.; Harrison, Lee H.; Hightower, Allen; Broome, Claire V.
- Abstract
To identify characteristics of day care facilities associated with H. influenzae disease, we compared 92 licensed facilities in which a case of H. influenzae disease had occurred with randomly selected facilities at which no cases occurred. Matched univariate analysis showed that personnel at facilities where H . influenzae disease occurred were more likely than those at control facilities to use towels or handkerchiefs to wipe children's noses, admit, children who were not toilet trained or bad diarrhea ("liberal fecal policy"), had a narrower age range, more likely than control facilities to be for-profit and less likely to use volunteer. In a multivariate model that adjusted for age range, profit status and liberal fecal policy, towel or handkerchief use (Or 5.5, 95% CI: 1.1, 30) was the only variable independently associated with case facilities. This is the first association of a specific day care practice with H. influenzae disease.
- Subjects
HAEMOPHILUS influenzae; HAEMOPHILUS; DAY care centers; CHILD care services; INSTITUTIONAL care of children; SERVICE industries; DIARRHEA; INTESTINAL diseases; HANDKERCHIEFS
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 12, p1455
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.12.1455