Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol . Association between negative-pressure room utilization and hospital-acquired Aspergillus rates in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in two academic hospitals

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol


. 2023 Jun 23;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.104. Online ahead of print. Association between negative-pressure room utilization and hospital-acquired Aspergillus rates in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in two academic hospitals

Brett M Biebelberg ^{1 2} , Shangyuan Ye ³ , Rui Wang ⁴ , Michael Klompas ^{4 5} , Chanu Rhee ^{4 5}



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• PMID: 37350257
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.104

Abstract

Hospital-acquired Aspergillus rates among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients were initially higher at a hospital with high negative-pressure room utilization compared to a similar hospital with low utilization but with otherwise identical infection control policies. After the index hospital decreased negative-pressure utilization, hospital-acquired Aspergillus case rates at the 2 hospitals converged.