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3 years ago

Over 15% of UK COVID-19 patients got infected in hospitals

Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK's first COVID-19 pandemic wave

Jonathan M. Read, Christopher Green, Ewen M Harrison, Annemarie B Docherty, Sebastian Funk, Ewen M Harrison, Michelle Girvan, Hayley Hardwick, Lance Turtle, Jake Dunning, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Peter Openshaw, J. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm G. Semple

Paper Summary

Hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections were studied in UK hospitals during the first wave of the pandemic. Researchers found that around 11.3% of COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals got infected after being admitted. This number increased to at least 15.8% by mid-May 2020. The study used patient records and estimated infection dates to identify hospital-acquired infections. Preventing these infections is crucial for managing COVID-19 in hospitals.

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