Cattelan, AM Sasset, L Di Meco, E Cocchio, S Barbaro, F Cavinato, S Gardin, S Carretta, G Donato, D Crisanti, A
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BACKGROUND: Since the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, a large number of infections have been reported among healthcare workers (HCWs). The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCWs involved in the first management of infected patients and to describe the measures adopted to prevent the transmission in ...
Jones, Nick K Rivett, Lucy Sparkes, Dominic Forrest, Sally Sridhar, Sushmita Young, Jamie Pereira-Dias, Joana Cormie, Claire Gill, Harmeet Reynolds, Nicola
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Previously we showed that 31/1,032 (3%) asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCW) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge UK tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020. 26/169 (15%) HCWs with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also tested positive (Rivett et al., 2020). Here we show that the proportion of both asymptomatic and sympto...
Tabah, Alexis Ramanan, Mahesh Laupland, Kevin B Buetti, Niccolò Cortegiani, Andrea Mellinghoff, Johannes Conway Morris, Andrew Camporota, Luigi Zappella, Nathalie Elhadi, Muhammed
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Purpose: To survey healthcare workers (HCW) on availability and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) caring for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) Materials and Method: A web-based survey distributed worldwide in April 2020. Results: We received 2711 responses from 1797 (67%) physicians, 744 (27%) nurses, and 170 (6%) Allied H...
Chughtai, AA Stelzer-Braid, S Rawlinson, W Pontivivo, G Wang, Q Pan, Y Zhang, D Zhang, Y Li, L MacIntyre, CR
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© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Medical masks are commonly used in health care settings to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from respiratory and other infections. Airborne respiratory pathogens may settle on the surface of used masks layers, resulting in contamination. The main aim of this study was to study the presence of viruses on the surfac...
Chughtai, AA Seale, H Dung, TC Hayen, A Rahman, B Raina MacIntyre, C
© The Author 2016. Background: Masks are often worn in healthcare settings to prevent the spread of infection from healthcare workers (HCWs) to patients. Masks are also used to protect the employee from patient-generated infectious organisms but poor compliance can reduce efficacy. The aim of this study was to examine the factors influencing compli...
Herberg, Jethro A Emonts, Marieke Jacobs, Michael Riordan, Andrew
Published in
Archives of disease in childhood
De Schryver, Antoon A; Van Hooste, Wim; Van Acker, Hilde; Claessens, Bieke; Haenen, Roger; Van Crombrugge, Katrien; Godderis, Lode; 5874;
status: published
Padoveze, Maria Clara Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco
Objetivou-se apresentar os principais marcos históricos e regulatórios da prevenção das infecções relacionadas à assistência em saúde, a magnitude do problema no Brasil e uma visão crítica sobre os desafios e necessidades para sua prevenção no País. Assim, foi desenvolvida narrativa crítica sobre infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde quanto ...
Padoveze, Maria Clara Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco
This study presents a critical evaluation of the scientific literature related to this subject, aiming to assess the policies and administrative issues regarding the prevention and magnitude of healthcare-associated infections and discuss the challenges for their prevention in Brazil. The topics discussed included historical and administrative issu...
Padoveze, Maria Clara Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco
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Revista de saúde pública
This study presents a critical evaluation of the scientific literature related to this subject, aiming to assess the policies and administrative issues regarding the prevention and magnitude of healthcare-associated infections and discuss the challenges for their prevention in Brazil. The topics discussed included historical and administrative issu...