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Nosocomial Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Study of 66 Hospital-acquired Cases in a London Teaching Hospital

2020; Oxford University Press; Volume: 72; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/ciaa816

ISSN

1537-6591

Autores

Hannah M. Rickman, Tommy Rampling, Karen Shaw, Gema Martinez-Garcia, Leila Hail, Pietro G. Coen, Maryam Shahmanesh, Gee Yen Shin, Eleni Nastouli, Catherine Houlihan,

Tópico(s)

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Resumo

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause deadly healthcare-associated outbreaks. In a major London teaching hospital, 66 of 435 (15%) COVID-19 inpatient cases between 2 March and 12 April 2020 were definitely or probably hospital-acquired, through varied transmission routes. The case fatality was 36%. Nosocomial infection rates fell following comprehensive infection prevention and control measures.

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