COVID-19: management and infection control

Jeffrey Harte; Lisa Hamzah

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.09.014

COVID-19: management and infection control

Medicine (Abingdon). 2021 Dec;49(12):794-796. doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2021.09.014. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

Authors

Jeffrey Harte^{1

2}, Lisa Hamzah^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ is an Infectious Diseases Registrar at St George's Hospital, London, UK. Competing interests: none declared.
² is a Consultant in HIV Medicine at St George's Hospital, London, UK. Competing interests: none declared.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide to date. The emergence of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has created immense pressure on health services and complex challenges in public health. Essential features in managing COVID-19 include best-practice care for the individual but also minimizing exposure to uninfected patients, staff and the wider community. The central tenets in limiting disease transmission involves strict infection and prevention control, categorizing COVID-19 cases as possible, probable or confirmed, alongside contact tracing, isolation, hand hygiene and droplet precautions.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; infection and prevention control; public health; vaccines.

Publication types

Review