A survey of hospitals on three continents was performed to assess their infection control preparedness and measures, and their infection rate in hospital health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. All surveyed hospitals used similar PPE but differences in preparedness, PPE shortages, and infection rates were reported.

Preparing for future waves and pandemics : a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19 / S. Matoori, D.R. Kuritzkes, Y. Goh, S.T. Quek, L. Wang, Z. Sun, F. di Marco, D. Borleri, S. Buoro, S. Fagiuoli, T. Ferrari, M. Rizzi, F. Raimondi, S. Cesa, D.-. Koh, J.M. Froehlich, S. Janssen, B. Lange, A. Egle, S. Erb, E. Mossdorf, A. Gutzeit. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND INFECTION CONTROL. - ISSN 2047-2994. - 10:1(2021), pp. 170.1-170.5. [10.1186/s13756-021-01029-z]

Preparing for future waves and pandemics : a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19

F. di Marco;F. Raimondi;
2021

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A survey of hospitals on three continents was performed to assess their infection control preparedness and measures, and their infection rate in hospital health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. All surveyed hospitals used similar PPE but differences in preparedness, PPE shortages, and infection rates were reported.
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2021
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