Respiratory surveillance wards as a strategy to reduce nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 through early detection: The experience of a tertiary-care hospital in Singapore

Patients with COVID-19 may present with respiratory syndromes indistinguishable from those caused by common viruses. Early isolation and containment is challenging. Although screening all patients with respiratory symptoms for COVID-19 has been recommended, the practicality of such an effort has yet...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2020-07, Vol.41 (7), p.820-825
Hauptverfasser:	Wee, Liang En, Hsieh, Jenny Yi Chen, Phua, Ghee Chee, Tan, Yuyang, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Thuan Tong, Tan, Ban Hock
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Betacoronavirus Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - transmission Coronaviruses COVID-19 Cross Infection - diagnosis Cross Infection - prevention & control Cross Infection - transmission Disease control Disease transmission Early Diagnosis Emergency medical care Epidemics Epidemiology Female Hospitals Humans Infection Control - methods Infections Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control Influenza Length of Stay Male Masks Medical personnel Medical supplies Middle Aged Nosocomial infection Occupational Diseases - prevention & control Original Pandemics - prevention & control Patient Isolation Patients Patients' Rooms - organization & administration Personal Protective Equipment Pneumonia Pneumonia - virology Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - transmission Population Surveillance - methods Protective equipment Respiratory diseases SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Singapore Symptom Assessment Tertiary Care Centers Viruses
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