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 |
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Coronavirus | cluster |
Hospitals | COVID-19 |
Pandemic | healthcare-associated infection |
infection control | |
nosocomial infection | |
outbreak | |
SARS-CoV-2 |
Semantics
Type | Source | Name |
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disease | MESH | infection |
disease | IDO | contact tracing |
disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
disease | MESH | nosocomial infection |