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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2023 Apr 24;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.66. Online ahead of print.
Discontinuation of admission screening for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the impact on in-hospital clusters of COVID-19: Experience at a tertiary-care center
Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Masataka Nakagawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rie Nisida[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chiyo Shintani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manami Hamagishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuki Uehara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mitsunaga Iwata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yohei Doi[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We evaluated the impact of discontinuing universal preadmission screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on the occurrence of nosocomial clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the SARS-CoV-2 o (omicron) variant period. No increasing trend in nosocomial clusters was observed during community-based surges before and after discontinuation. This finding supports the safety of the practice change.
. 2023 Apr 24;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.66. Online ahead of print.
Discontinuation of admission screening for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the impact on in-hospital clusters of COVID-19: Experience at a tertiary-care center
Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Masataka Nakagawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rie Nisida[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chiyo Shintani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Manami Hamagishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuki Uehara[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mitsunaga Iwata[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yohei Doi[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37088552
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.66
Abstract
We evaluated the impact of discontinuing universal preadmission screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on the occurrence of nosocomial clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the SARS-CoV-2 o (omicron) variant period. No increasing trend in nosocomial clusters was observed during community-based surges before and after discontinuation. This finding supports the safety of the practice change.