Assessing severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) preparedness in US community hospitals: A forgotten entity.
Sonali D AdvaniEsther BakerAndrea CromerBrittain WoodKathryn L CrawfordLinda CraneLinda AdcockLinda RoachPolly PadgetteDeverick J AndersonDaniel J Sextonnull nullPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
We performed a cross-sectional survey of infection preventionists in 60 US community hospitals between April 22 and May 8, 2020. Several differences in hospital preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 emerged with respect to personal protective equipment conservation strategies, protocols related to testing, universal masking, and restarting elective procedures.