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cord-022380-49oti4zg	Panlilio, Adelisa L	Occupational Infectious Diseases	2009-05-15		.txt	text/plain	15592	809	41	Because infectious diseases may represent the most common cause of time lost from work, it is important for the clinician concerned with occupational medicine to understand the relationship of specific infections to specific work environments and practices, and to give at least as much attention to prevention as to diagnosis and treatment. Susceptible household contacts of infected adults and children pose a transmission risk in the workplace during the period of virus shedding, beginning about 10 days before the development of rash (about 1 week after exposure) until 7 days after rash appears. Varicella vaccination is also recommended for susceptible adolescents and adults who will have close contact with persons at high risk for serious complications of acquired varicella, including healthcare personnel and susceptible family contacts of immunocompromised individuals. The ACIP recommends that all healthcare personnel be immune to varicella, either from a reliable history of prior varicella infection or vaccination, to reduce the risk of infection and its complications, and to decrease the possibility of transmission of varicella zoster virus to patients (Table 22.	./cache/cord-022380-49oti4zg.txt	./txt/cord-022380-49oti4zg.txt