Hospital-based salient prevention and control measures to counteract the 2022 monkeypox outbreak

Sirwan K Ahmed; Rabab G A El-Kader; Jose M Lorenzo; Chiranjib Chakraborty; Kuldeep Dhama; Mona G Mohammed; Mohammad Ebad Ur Rehman; Daria S Abdulrahman

doi:10.1002/hsr2.1057

Hospital-based salient prevention and control measures to counteract the 2022 monkeypox outbreak

Health Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 11;6(1):e1057. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.1057. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Sirwan K Ahmed^{1

2}, Rabab G A El-Kader³, Jose M Lorenzo^{4

5}, Chiranjib Chakraborty⁶, Kuldeep Dhama⁷, Mona G Mohammed³, Mohammad Ebad Ur Rehman⁸, Daria S Abdulrahman¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing University of Raparin Rania, Sulaimani, Kurdistan-region Iraq.
² Department of Pediatrics Rania Pediatric & Maternity Teaching Hospital Rania, Sulaimani, Kurdistan-region Iraq.
³ RAK College of Nursing, RAK Medical and Health Sciences Ras Al Khaimah UAE.
⁴ Centro Tecnológico de la Carne de Galicia, Adva. Galicia n° 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia San Cibrao das Viñas Ourense Spain.
⁵ Facultade de Ciencias de Ourense, Universidade de Vigo Área de Tecnoloxía dos Alimentos Ourense Spain.
⁶ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology Adamas University Kolkata West Bengal India.
⁷ Division of Pathology ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) Bareilly Uttar Pradesh India.
⁸ Department of Medicine Rawalpindi Medical University Rawalpindi Pakistan.

Abstract

Monkeypox (MPX) has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. As of November 4, 2022, 78,000 verified cases from 109 countries and territories, and 40 deaths have been reported due to MPX. The present article highlights salient hospital-based prevention and control measures to be adopted and their critical role to mitigate the ongoing MPX outbreaks and global public health emergency.

Keywords: hospital facilities; monkeypox; patient management; prevention and control; safety measures; treatment.