Journal article
A severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nosocomial cluster with inter-facility spread: Lessons learned
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite infection control guidance, sporadic nosocomial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks occur. We describe a complex severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cluster with interfacility spread during the SARS-CoV-2 δ (delta) pandemic surge in the Midwest.
SETTING: This study was conducted in (1) a hematology-oncology ward in a regional academic medical center and (2) a geographically distant acute …
Authors
Pop-Vicas AE; Anderson L; Hatas G; Stevens L; Buys A; O’Connor D; Wilson N; Riemersma K; Soto LAH; Richardson A
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 635–643
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
May 2024
DOI
10.1017/ice.2023.172
ISSN
0899-823X