Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Department of Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Nov;44(11):1877-1880. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.66. Epub 2023 Apr 24.
We evaluated the impact of discontinuing universal preadmission screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on the occurrence of nosocomial clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the SARS-CoV-2 o (omicron) variant period. No increasing trend in nosocomial clusters was observed during community-based surges before and after discontinuation. This finding supports the safety of the practice change.
我们评估了停止对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)进行普遍入院前筛查对 SARS-CoV-2 奥密克戎(omicron)变异期间 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)医院感染群发生的影响。在停止筛查前后基于社区的疫情暴发期间,未观察到医院感染群有增加的趋势。这一发现支持了这一做法改变的安全性。