Non-pharmaceutical infection prevention measures in nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks: a retrospective multicentre cohort study.

Non-pharmaceutical infection prevention measures in nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks: a retrospective multicentre cohort study.

Publication date: Oct 10, 2024

Hospital severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks are relevant for patients and healthcare systems within and beyond the pandemic. We aimed to explore the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and their infection prevention and control (IPC) measures during the different pandemic waves. A comprehensive structured template for SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks was developed and filled out by six university hospitals. The main outcome variable was outbreak size (OS). A total of 80 outbreaks and 734 infection cases were enrolled between 03/2020-02/2023. In the majority of outbreaks (85%) a contact tracing (CT) team was in place. In 13 (16%) outbreaks the CT team was exclusively responsible for CT, which was negatively linked to OS when adjusting for SARS-CoV-2 waves (Estimate (β)=-1. 350; Standard Error (SE) =. 274; p

Concepts Keywords
Coronavirus cluster
Hospitals COVID-19
Pandemic healthcare-associated infection
infection control
nosocomial infection
outbreak
SARS-CoV-2

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH infection
disease IDO contact tracing
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH nosocomial infection

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