Nosocomial spread of COVID-19: lessons learned from an audit on a stroke/neurology ward in a UK district general hospital.
Clin Med (Lond)
; 20(5): e173-e177, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-688876
ABSTRACT
We describe the details of a COVID-19 outbreak in a 25-bedded Birmingham neurology/stroke ward in the early phase of the pandemic (March to May 2020). Twenty-one of 133 admissions (16%) tested positive for COVID-19 and of those, 8 (6% of all admissions to the ward) were determined to be nosocomial. Thus 38% (8/21) of COVID-19 infections were hospital-acquired. Ten of the patients that contracted COVID-19 died; of these three were hospital-acquired cases. Five of the 21 patients had negative swabs prior to receiving a positive test result. This study highlights the importance of appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) with high-risk patients (including those with stroke and complex brain injury with tracheostomies) and the difficulties of COVID-19 management in a high-risk patient population.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Cross Infection
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Stroke
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Med (Lond)
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Clinmed.2020-0422
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