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. 2022 Jul;50(7):831-833.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.02.030. Epub 2022 Mar 6.

Impact of COVID-19 on hospital acquired infections

Thomas Halverson  1 , Anessa Mikolajczak  2 , Nallely Mora  3 , Christina Silkaitis  4 , Savanna Stout  2
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Impact of COVID-19 on hospital acquired infections

Thomas Halverson et al. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

While there are established and effective guidelines for prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on those implemented practices and policies have not been thoroughly investigated. This report examines the impact of COVID-19 on HAI rates at 2 hospitals within the same healthcare system. HAIs significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic which correlated with the use of overtime and agency nursing hours.

Keywords: CAUTI; CDI; CLABSI; MRSA; SARS-CoV2.

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