Nowhere is safe: record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January.

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Nowhere is safe: record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January.

March 2, 2022

Levy R, Vestal AJ. Politico. February 19, 2022.

Transmission of COVID-19 in the health care setting continues to be a concern. This article discusses an analysis of US government statistics tracking hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections and reasons that control efforts may be lagging, which include visitor masking choices and health care worker return to work post-COVID-19 behaviors.

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