1. The role of isolation rooms, facemasks and intensified hand hygiene in the prevention of nosocomial COVID-19 transmission in a pulmonary clinical setting.
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Zhang GQ, Pan HQ, Hu XX, He SJ, Chen YF, Wei CJ, Ni L, Zhang LP, Cheng ZS, and Yang J
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- Adult, Aged, Betacoronavirus physiology, COVID-19, China, Coronavirus Infections transmission, Cross Infection transmission, Female, Hospitals, University, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral transmission, SARS-CoV-2, Young Adult, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Cross Infection prevention & control, Hand Hygiene statistics & numerical data, Health Personnel statistics & numerical data, Masks statistics & numerical data, Pandemics prevention & control, Patient Isolation statistics & numerical data, Pneumonia, Viral prevention & control
- Abstract
From December 25, 2019 to January 31, 2020, 33 cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were identified in the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, China, yet none of the affiliated HCWs was infected. Here we analyzed the infection control measures used in three different departments in the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and correlated the measures with the corresponding infection data of HCWs affiliated with these departments. We found that three infection control measures, namely the isolation of the presumed positive patients, the use of facemasks and intensified hand hygiene play important roles in preventing nosocomial transmission of COVID-19.
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- 2020
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