Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 41(10): 1127-1135, 2020 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2096357
ABSTRACT
To understand hospital policies and practices as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conducted a survey through the SHEA Research Network (SRN). The survey assessed policies and practices around the optimization of personal protection equipment (PPE), testing, healthcare personnel policies, visitors of COVID-19 patients in relation to procedures, and types of patients. Overall, 69 individual healthcare facilities responded in the United States and internationally, for a 73% response rate.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'
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Cross Infection
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Nursing
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Epidemiology
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Hospitals
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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