Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of Varicella Zoster Virus Infections
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Jan. 23, 2009
ANNOTATION: Recommended standards for the medical management of federal inmates with varicella (chicken pox) and zoster (shingles) virus infections are provided. Sections of this document include: purpose; varicella zoster virus (VZV) overview—epidemiology, varicella, and herpes zoster; screening; diagnosis; treatment—treatment of varicella and herpes zoster and patient education; control measures—housing inmates with varicella, contact investigations, managing inmates, managing staff, and visitors; varicella virus and immunity testing; antiviral therapy for varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections; varicella contact investigation steps; varicella investigation checklist; varicella contact line list; and varicella post-exposure prophylaxis.
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