Open AccessCurrent infection prevention and control strategies of COVID-19 in hospitals
Author(s) -
Gamze Kalın Ünüvar,
Mehmet Doğanay,
Emine Alp
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2106-156
Subject(s) - medicine , infection control , hygiene , transmission (telecommunications) , personal protective equipment , triage , intensive care medicine , outbreak , health care , disease , social distance , asymptomatic , pandemic , coronavirus , covid-19 , medical emergency , emergency medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering , economics , economic growth
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been appeared first in China since December 2019. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs primarily with droplets through coughing and sneezing and also occurs through inhalation of aerosolized secretions, which travel, remain suspended in the air longer.