Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Effects of Mumps Outbreak in Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2006
Table 2
Characteristics of employee work absences during mumps outbreak, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2006*
Type of time off | Job title | No. employees | Days allowed |
---|---|---|---|
PTO | Registered nurse | 1 | 3 |
Patient escort |
1 |
2 |
|
Short-term injury and illness plan |
Unit secretary |
1 |
6 |
WC | Patient care technician | 1 | 24 |
Registered nurse |
1 |
10 |
|
WC and PTO |
Registered nurse |
2 |
8 |
Furlough | |||
Because of nonimmunity | Registered nurse | 9 | 48 |
Physician | 5 | 49 | |
Unit staff† | 9 | 42 | |
Nonunit staff‡ | 7 | 39 | |
Because of pending titer results | Registered nurse | 12 | 25 |
Unit staff | 8 | 20 | |
Nonunit staff |
2 |
6 |
|
Total | 59 | 282 |
*PTO, personal time off; WC, workers’ compensation
†Nurse managers, secretaries, patient care technicians, clinical coordinators, emergency department assistants.
‡Applications analyst, counselor, radiographer, resource coordinator, respiratory therapist, records specialist, safety technician, patient escort, environmental services, food services.