Perceived challenges of COVID-19 infection prevention and control preparedness: A multinational survey

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¹ Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. Electronic address: ermira.tartari@gmail.com.
² Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Infectious Disease Unit, Tianjin 4th Centre Hospital, Tianjin, China; Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Infection Control Africa Network, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ), Nijmegen, The Netherlands; REshape Center for Innovation, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: vossandreas@gmail.com.

PMID: 32659504
PMCID: PMC7351656
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.002

Perceived challenges of COVID-19 infection prevention and control preparedness: A multinational survey

Ermira Tartari et al. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep:22:779-781.

doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Program and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. Electronic address: ermira.tartari@gmail.com.
² Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
³ Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Infection Prevention and Control Technical and Clinical Hub, Department of Integrated Health Services, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Infectious Disease Unit, Tianjin 4th Centre Hospital, Tianjin, China; Graduate School, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Infection Control Africa Network, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁰ Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ), Nijmegen, The Netherlands; REshape Center for Innovation, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: vossandreas@gmail.com.

PMID: 32659504
PMCID: PMC7351656
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.002

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