Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Effects of Mumps Outbreak in Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2006
Amanda L. Bonebrake, Christina Silkaitis, Gaurav Monga, Amy Galat, Jay Anderson, JoEllyn Tiesi Trad, Kenneth Hedley, Nanette Burgess, and Teresa R. Zembower
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.
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