Effect of a strict hygiene bundle for the prevention of nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital: a practical approach from the field | Zendy

Andreas Ambrosch | Zendy; Felix Rockmann | Zendy; Frank Klawonn | Zendy; Benedikt Lampl | Zendy

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Effect of a strict hygiene bundle for the prevention of nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the hospital: a practical approach from the field

Author(s) -

Andreas Ambrosch,

Felix Rockmann,

Frank Klawonn,

Benedikt Lampl

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.10.005

Subject(s) - medicine , hygiene , infection control , transmission (telecommunications) , observational study , pandemic , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , nose , retrospective cohort study , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , pathology , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering

During the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic it is crucial for hospitals to implement infection prevention strategies to reduce nosocomial transmission to the lowest possible number. This is all the more important because molecular tests for identifying SARS-CoV-2 infected patients are uncertain, and the resources available for them are limited. In this view, a monocentric, retrospective study with an interventional character was conducted to investigate the extent to which the introduction of a strict hygiene bundle including a general mask requirement and daily screening for suspicious patients has an impact on the SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial rate in the pandemic environment.

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