Incidence of Health Care–Associated COVID-19 During Universal Testing of Medical and Surgical Admissions in a Large US Health System

Abstract

Concerns about SARS-CoV-2 exposure in healthcare settings may cause patients to delay care. Among 2992 patients testing negative on admission to an academic, three-hospital system, 8 tested positive during hospitalization or within 14 days post-discharge. Following adjudication of each instance, healthcare-associated infection incidence ranged from 0.8-5.0 cases per 10,000 patient-days.