Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Preparing for future waves and pandemics: a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19 |
| Authors: |
Simon Matoori, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, Yonggeng Goh, Swee Tian Quek, Liang Wang, Ziyan Sun, Fabiano di Marco, Daniela Borleri, Sabrina Buoro, Stefano Fagiuoli, Tatiana Ferrari, Marco Rizzi, Federico Raimondi, Simonetta Cesa, Dow-Mu Koh, Johannes M. Froehlich, Sonja Janssen, Bettina Lange, Alexander Egle, Stefan Erb, Erik Mossdorf, Andreas Gutzeit |
| Source: |
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: |
Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: |
Abstract 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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2047-2994 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13756-021-01029-z |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/6c5bd87ab58741c192fd77ceff9be083 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.6c5bd87ab58741c192fd77ceff9be083 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
