Adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis

Category

Infection, Occupational

Acute/Chronic

Acute-Moderate (not life-threatening)

Synonyms

Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis; EKC; Shipyard conjunctivitis;

Biomedical References

Comments

"Adenovirus survives for long periods on environmental surfaces; ophthalmologic instruments and equipment can become contaminated and transmit infection. Contaminated hands are also a major source of person-to-person transmission of adenovirus, both from patients to health care personnel and from health care personnel to patients." [CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel]

Latency/Incubation

5-12 days

Diagnostic

Culture; Paired sera; Detect antigens by immunofluorescence; DNA probe; [CCDM, p. 129]

ICD-9 Code

077.1

ICD-10 Code

B30.0

Reference Link

Symptoms/Findings

Symptoms/Findings associated with this disease:

• conjunctivitis, acute
• lymphadenopathy
• vision, impaired

Job Tasks

High risk job tasks associated with this disease:

• Care for sick patients (droplet/airborne pathogens)

Agents

Hazardous agents that cause the occupational disease:

• Adenovirus