Rapid Control of Hospital-Based Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Clusters Through Daily Testing and Universal Use of N95 Respirators.
Meghan A BakerChanu RheeRobert TuckerAmy BadwaikCassie CoughlinMeghan A HoltzmanCandace HsiehAngela MaguireElizabeth Mermel BlaeserSaranya SeetharamanOfelia SolemVineeta VaidyaMichael KlompasPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
The highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant increases risk for nosocomial transmission despite universal masking, admission testing, and symptom screening. We report large increases in hospital-onset infections and 2 unit-based clusters. The clusters rapidly abated after instituting universal N95 respirators and daily testing. Broader use of these strategies may prevent nosocomial transmissions.
Keyphrases
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- physical activity
- emergency department
- acinetobacter baumannii
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- escherichia coli
- staphylococcus aureus
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- electronic health record
- drug induced