Preparing for future waves and pandemics: a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19.
Simon MatooriDaniel R KuritzkesYonggeng GohSwee Tian QuekLiang WangZiyan SunFabiano di MarcoDaniela BorleriSabrina BuoroStefano FagiuoliTatiana FerrariMarco RizziFederico RaimondiSimonetta CesaDow-Mu KohJohannes M FroehlichSonja JanssenBettina LangeAlexander EgleStefan ErbErik MossdorfAndreas GutzeitPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2021)
A survey of hospitals on three continents was performed to assess their infection control preparedness and measures, and their infection rate in hospital health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. All surveyed hospitals used similar PPE but differences in preparedness, PPE shortages, and infection rates were reported.