Association Between Airborne Infection Isolation Room Utilization Rates and Healthcare Worker Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in 2 Academic Hospitals-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Association Between Airborne Infection Isolation Room Utilization Rates and Healthcare Worker Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections in 2 Academic Hospitals

Published:2021-10-02 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Klompas Michael¹²^ORCID,Ye Shangyuan¹,Vaidya Vineeta¹²,Ochoa Aileen¹,Baker Meghan A¹²,Hopcia Karen³,Hashimoto Dean³,Wang Rui¹,Rhee Chanu¹²

Affiliation:

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

2. Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3. Occupational Health Services, Massachusetts General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

Abstract We compared healthcare worker severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates between March and August 2020 in 2 similar hospitals with high vs low airborne infection isolation room utilization rates but otherwise identical infection control policies. We found no difference in healthcare worker infection rates between the 2 hospitals, nor between patient-facing vs non-patient-facing providers.

Funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab849/41138068/ciab849.pdf

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