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- Title
Preparing for future waves and pandemics: a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19.
- Authors
Matoori, Simon; Kuritzkes, Daniel R.; Goh, Yonggeng; Quek, Swee Tian; Wang, Liang; Sun, Ziyan; di Marco, Fabiano; Borleri, Daniela; Buoro, Sabrina; Fagiuoli, Stefano; Ferrari, Tatiana; Rizzi, Marco; Raimondi, Federico; Cesa, Simonetta; Koh, Dow-Mu; Froehlich, Johannes M.; Janssen, Sonja; Lange, Bettina; Egle, Alexander; Erb, Stefan
- Abstract
A survey of hospitals on three continents was performed to assess their infection control preparedness and measures, and their infection rate in hospital health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. All surveyed hospitals used similar PPE but differences in preparedness, PPE shortages, and infection rates were reported.
- Subjects
INFECTION control; HOSPITAL surveys; MEDICAL personnel; COVID-19 pandemic; HOSPITAL utilization
- Publication
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2047-2994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13756-021-01029-z