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. 2023 Aug 1;183(8):877-880.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.1261.

Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland

Theodore R Pak  1 , Chanu Rhee  1 , Rui Wang  1 , Michael Klompas  1
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Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland

Theodore R Pak et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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This quality improvement study examines the association between the discontinuation of universal admission testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections and hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 infections in England and Scotland.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Pak reported receiving grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the conduct of the study. Dr Wang reported receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute outside the submitted work. Dr Klompas and Dr Rhee reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and personal fees from UpToDate outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Weekly New Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Cases in Scotland and England per 1000 Estimated Community COVID-19 Infections and per New Admissions for Community-Onset COVID-19 Infection
Hospital-onset infections were defined by the first positive test taken more than 7 days after admission, and community-onset infections by the first positive test at 7 days or less after admission. All regression lines are interrupted time series models. Dots represent weekly rates, and vertical lines in panels A and B represent 95% CIs for weekly rates derived from CIs for the UK Office of National Statistics estimates of community infection rates. The shaded area represents 95% CIs for the interrupted time series model.
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