Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence after exposures in shared patient rooms in a tertiary-care center in Iowa, July 2020–May 2021
- 12 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 43 (12), 1910-1913
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.313
Abstract
The incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure in shared patient rooms was low at our institution: 1.8 per 1,000 shared-room patient days. However, the secondary attack rate (21.6%) was comparable to that reported in household exposures. Lengthier exposures were associated with SARS-CoV-2 conversion. Hospitals should implement measures to decrease shared-room exposures.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Prospective Clinical Assessments of Hospitalized Patients With Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR Tests for Necessity of IsolationOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021
- Risk for Fomite-Mediated Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Child Daycares, Schools, Nursing Homes, and OfficesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
- Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2JAMA Network Open, 2020
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 Serial Testing Among Hospitalized Patients in a Midwest Tertiary Medical Center, July–September 2020Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
- Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the United StatesClinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
- Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of secondary attack ratePublished by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ,2020
- Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Zhuhai, China, 2020Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
- Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19Nature Medicine, 2020
- Relationship between hospital ward design and healthcare-associated infection rates: a systematic review and meta-analysisAntimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 2016
- Hospitalization in double-occupancy rooms and the risk of hospital-acquired influenza: a prospective cohort studyClinical Microbiology & Infection, 2016