Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Prevention Measures on Non-SARS-CoV-2 Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections: An Incidence Trend Analysis From 2015

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Prevention Measures on Non-SARS-CoV-2 Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections: An Incidence Trend Analysis From 2015–2023

Published:2023-08-02 Issue:12 Volume:77 Page:1696-1699
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Ehrenzeller Selina¹²³,Chen Tom¹,Vaidya Vineeta²,Rhee Chanu¹²,Baker Meghan A¹²,Klompas Michael¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2. Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel , Basel , Switzerland

Abstract

Abstract We reviewed hospital-onset respiratory viral infections, 2015–2023, in one hospital to determine whether Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission prevention measures prevented non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory viral infections. Masking, employee symptom attestations, and screening patients and visitors for symptoms were associated with a 44%–53% reduction in hospital-onset influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), accounting for changes in community incidence.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad451/51145904/ciad451.pdf

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