Table 5.

 Measures taken by medical students and residents with ILI to decrease spread and reasons for not staying home when ill with ILI

Measures taken to decrease spread of disease	Medical students (n = 46)	Residents (n = 18)
Stayed home 24 hours after fever resolved	31 (67%)	6 (33%)
Stayed home until I felt better but less than 24 hours after fever resolved	10 (22%)	2 (11%)
Continued to go to work/school and wore a surgical mask in common areas	4 (9%)	11 (61%)
Rearranged furniture at home or moved to a different room to avoid close contact with others	1 (2%)	1 (6%)
Other measure	2 (4%)	1 (6%)
Reason for not choosing to stay home when ill	Medical students (n = 15)	Residents (n = 11)
No one to cover for me	0	5 (46%)
Didn’t want to miss class/work	9 (60%)	6 (55%)
Afraid of appearing weak	1 (7%)	2 (18%)
Didn’t feel that sick	6 (40%)	5 (46%)
Other reason	3 (20%)	2 (18%)

ILI, influenza‐like illness.