Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael S Calderwood Valerie M DeloneyDeverick J AndersonVincent Chi-Chung ChengShruti GohilJennie H KwonLona ModyElizabeth MonseesValerie M VaughnTimothy L WiemkenMatthew J ZieglerEric Lofgren

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

To understand hospital policies and practices as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conducted a survey through the SHEA Research Network (SRN). The survey assessed policies and practices around the optimization of personal protection equipment (PPE), testing, healthcare personnel policies, visitors of COVID-19 patients in relation to procedures, and types of patients. Overall, 69 individual healthcare facilities responded in the United States and internationally, for a 73% response rate.

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