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. 2020 Oct;41(10):1127-1135.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.303. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

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

Michael S Calderwood  1 , Valerie M Deloney  2 , Deverick J Anderson  3 , Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng  4   5 , Shruti Gohil  6 , Jennie H Kwon  7 , Lona Mody  8 , Elizabeth Monsees  9 , Valerie M Vaughn  8 , Timothy L Wiemken  10 , Matthew J Ziegler  11 , Eric Lofgren  12
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Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michael S Calderwood et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

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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