Background

Air travel has never been easier, cheaper or faster, with large volumes of people travelling around the world. These factors increase the risk of the spread of infectious diseases by air travel. Little is known, however, about the extent to which airlines provide information to passengers on infection control and measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. This study examined the websites of the global commercial passenger airlines to see if they contained information about infection control and prevention of infectious diseases and appraised the clinical usefulness of that information.

Method

A cross-sectional text-based analysis of the 73 airline websites from the six global commercial passenger airline conglomerates was performed to identify information about infection control and prevention of infectious between July and August 2019.

Results

Of the 73 airline websites, less than half (n = 35, 28.6%) contained information deemed useful for passengers. While there was a range of general health advice within the websites, there was limited information about infection control and preventing infectious diseases. A minority of websites contained information about vaccination status prior to travel, and to a lesser extent handwashing and hand hygiene, with very few including disease-specific advice or preventive measures.

Conclusions

Airline websites are an underutilised source of information for infection control and the prevention of infectious diseases. Providing passengers with information on basic infection control and prevention measures may support the global efforts against the spread of infectious diseases.

中文翻译：

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有关感染控制和传染病预防的全球商业客运航空公司和旅行健康信息：网站中有哪些内容？

背景

大量的人在世界各地旅行，航空旅行从未如此简单、便宜或快捷。这些因素增加了传染病通过航空旅行传播的风险。然而，人们对航空公司在多大程度上向乘客提供有关感染控制和防止传染病传播的措施的信息知之甚少。这项研究检查了全球商业客运航空公司的网站，看看它们是否包含有关感染控制和传染病预防的信息，并评估了这些信息的临床有用性。

方法

对全球六家商业客运航空公司集团的 73 个航空公司网站进行了基于横断面的文本分析，以确定 2019 年 7 月至 8 月期间有关感染控制和传染病预防的信息。

结果

在 73 家航空公司网站中，不到一半（n = 35，28.6%）包含被认为对乘客有用的信息。虽然网站上提供了一系列一般健康建议，但有关感染控制和预防传染病的信息有限。少数网站包含有关旅行前疫苗接种状况的信息，以及较小程度的洗手和手部卫生信息，很少包含针对特定疾病的建议或预防措施。

结论

航空公司网站是感染控制和传染病预防方面未得到充分利用的信息来源。向乘客提供有关基本感染控制和预防措施的信息可以支持全球抗击传染病传播的努力。