key: cord-255971-kamai25b
authors: Wee, Liang En; Conceicao, Edwin Philip; Sim, Xiang Ying Jean; Ko, Kwan Ki Karrie; Ling, Moi Lin; Venkatachalam, Indumathi
title: Reduction in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections during a COVID-19 outbreak
date: 2020-07-03
journal: Clin Microbiol Infect
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.06.027
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doc_id: 255971
cord_uid: kamai25b

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Healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections (RVI) remain an underappreciated cause of in-40 hospital morbidity and mortality. [1] Infection prevention bundles comprising segregation of 41 symptomatic patients, droplet/ contact precautions and visitor screening can potentially reduce the 42 transmission of RVI on high-risk units, [2] though hospital-wide implementation has been limited. 43 The current COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of strengthening hospital-wide 44 infection control against common RVI. However, the effectiveness of infection control during a 45 COVID-19 outbreak on healthcare-associated RVI has yet to be assessed. The impact of these policies on the incidence of healthcare-associated RVI was evaluated by 58 comparing the daily incidence of healthcare-associated RVI amongst hospitalized inpatients over the healthcare-associated RVI and should continue in some form even after the COVID-19 pandemic is 108 over. 

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Prevention of hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections: 122 Assessment of a multimodal intervention program

Decreased Influenza Incidence under COVID-19 Control Measures

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Containing COVID-19 outside the isolation ward: the impact of an infection control bundle on 128 environmental contamination and transmission in a cohorted general ward

LEW, IV conceptualised the study. Data was gathered by EPC, KKKK, and XYJS. LEW prepared the initial 112 draft and the manuscript was critically revised by KKKK, XYJS, MLL and IV. 113

The authors report no conflicts of interest. 115

This work was not grant-funded. 117 118