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. 2021 Jan;49(1):134-135.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.006. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

The impact of visitor restrictions on health care-associated respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of a tertiary hospital in Singapore

Liang En Wee  1 , Edwin Philip Conceicao  2 , Jean Xiang-Ying Sim  3 , May Kyawt Aung  2 , Indumathi Venkatachalam  3
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The impact of visitor restrictions on health care-associated respiratory viral infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of a tertiary hospital in Singapore

Liang En Wee et al. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Jan.
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Campus wide visitor screening and visitor limitations/restrictions, as well as trends in health care-associated respiratory viral infections (HA-RVI) from January 2018 to September 2020 across a large health care system in Singapore. (A) Trends in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections across all inpatient wards of a large healthcare campus in Singapore, from January 2018 to September 2020. (B) Visitor screening at all campus-wide entrances during COVID-19 pandemic. (C) Visitor policies introduced during COVID-19 pandemic and timeline of introduction/rollback.
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  • Hospital Visitation Policies During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
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