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April 12, 2026Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology0 citationsOpen Access

Potential for misclassification of community-acquired respiratory virus infections as healthcare-associated respiratory virus infections at a pediatric healthcare system

ZMZachary MostTPTrish M. PerlMSMichael Sebert

Key Points

  • This research aims to analyze the classification accuracy of respiratory virus infections and its implications for surveillance.
  • Conducted universal admission respiratory virus testing
  • Evaluated cases of respiratory infections over a specific period
  • Assessed the classification of HARVI vs. community-acquired infections
  • 5%-14% of events were misclassified as HARVI
  • Findings illustrate challenges in accurate infection classification
  • Testing strategies significantly affect reported infection rates

Abstract

During a period of universal admission respiratory virus testing, many events (5%-14%) that might have been classified as healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections (HARVI) during routine operations were found to be community-acquired. These findings emphasize unique challenges for HARVI surveillance and the impact that testing strategies have on reported rates.

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Most et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db37404fe01fead37c54a3https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10450
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