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Evaluate how hospital surges and resource redirection during the COVID-19 pandemic affected standard healthcare-associated infection surveillance and prevention initiatives.

April 16, 2020Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyOpen Access

Impact of COVID-19 on traditional healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts

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Evaluate how hospital surges and resource redirection during the COVID-19 pandemic affected standard healthcare-associated infection surveillance and prevention initiatives.
Assessed health system responses, staffing shifts, and resource allocation adjustments during pandemic waves.
Examined changes in standard infection prevention workflows, monitoring routines, and compliance protocols across clinical facilities.
Diversion of infection prevention personnel toward pandemic management disrupted routine surveillance for device-associated and surgical site infections.
Supply shortages and altered personal protective equipment practices coincided with challenges in controlling secondary nosocomial pathogen transmission.

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Expert review examines disruption of infection control measures in hospital settings, highlighting the need to sustain routine surveillance during epidemics.

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Stevens et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7b45fe1ba4614d7ff42bb8 https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.141

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Expert review examines disruption of infection control measures in hospital settings, highlighting the need to sustain routine surveillance during epidemics.

Impact of COVID-19 on traditional healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts

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