Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers.

Mohamed Abbas; Tomás Robalo Nunes; Romain Martischang; Walter Zingg; Anne Iten; Didier Pittet; Stephan Harbarth

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Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers.

January 27, 2021

Abbas M, Robalo Nunes T, Martischang R, et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2021;10(1):7.

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The large burden placed on hospitals and healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about nosocomial transmission of the virus. This narrative review summarizes existing reports on nosocomial outbreaks of COVID-19 and the strategies health systems have implemented to control healthcare-associated outbreaks. The authors found little evidence describing the role of healthcare workers in reducing or amplifying infection transmission in healthcare settings.

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