Prevention of nosocomial COVID-19: Another challenge of the pandemic

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Nov;41(11):1355-1356. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.166. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Authors

Jens T Van Praet^{1

2}, Bram Claeys³, Ann-Sofie Coene⁴, Katelijne Floré⁵, Marijke Reynders⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Microbiology, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende AV, Brugge, Belgium.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Belgium / epidemiology
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Male
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2
Tertiary Care Centers