MDRO transmission in acute hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Autor: | Dale Fisher, Louisa Sun Jin |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty 030106 microbiology Disease Disease Outbreaks 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Public health surveillance Anti-Infective Agents Health care Pandemic medicine Infection control Antimicrobial stewardship Humans Public Health Surveillance 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Pandemics Cross Infection Infection Control business.industry Transmission (medicine) SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak COVID-19 Drug Resistance Microbial Drug Resistance Multiple Hospitals Infectious Diseases Acute Disease business |
Zdroj: | Current opinion in infectious diseases. 34(4) |
ISSN: | 1473-6527 |
Popis: | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in necessary modifications of infection control policies and practices in acute healthcare facilities globally. This is often accompanied by infrastructure modifications, ward redesignations, as well as healthcare staff redeployments and changes to infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. We review the potential for both negative and positive impacts these major changes can have on nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). RECENT FINDINGS: Healthcare facilities around the world have reported outbreaks of MDROs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast some centres have reported a decrease in baseline rates due to a number of possible factors. SUMMARY: While implementing crucial preventive measures for COVID-19, is it important to consider any collateral effects of changes in IPC and antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) practices. The disruption caused to IPC and ASP practices during the pandemic are likely to see a counter intuitive increase in transmission of MDROs. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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