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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2023 Oct 23:1-3.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.230. Online ahead of print. Initial and 5-day positivity rate of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in exposed inpatients within shared rooms during the omicron-variant dominant period
Sunghee Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Seung Hyun Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hye Jung Jung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ji Eun Shin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ji Eun Moon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eun Ju Choo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hee Bong Shin[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tark Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
In this observational study conducted in 2022, 12.3% of patients who shared a room with a patient positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also had a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, either at initial screening or during a 5-day quarantine. Therefore, screening and quarantine are still necessary within hospitals for close-contact inpatients during the SARS-CoV-2 omicron-variant dominant period.
. 2023 Oct 23:1-3.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.230. Online ahead of print. Initial and 5-day positivity rate of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in exposed inpatients within shared rooms during the omicron-variant dominant period
Sunghee Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Seung Hyun Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hye Jung Jung[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ji Eun Shin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ji Eun Moon[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Eun Ju Choo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hee Bong Shin[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tark Kim[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37870121
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.230
In this observational study conducted in 2022, 12.3% of patients who shared a room with a patient positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also had a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, either at initial screening or during a 5-day quarantine. Therefore, screening and quarantine are still necessary within hospitals for close-contact inpatients during the SARS-CoV-2 omicron-variant dominant period.