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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2020 Oct 29;1-18.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1304. Online ahead of print.
A survey of preparedness against COVID-19 in hospitals in Tokyo, Japan with healthcare personnel with COVID-19 and in-facility transmission
Yasuaki Tagashira[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Akane Takamatsu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shinya Hasegawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuki Uenoyama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A questionnaire was distributed to hospitals in Tokyo (N=38) asking about their preparedness against, and in-facility transmission of, COVID-19. As of May 31, 2020, 284 HCP contracted COVID-19, and in-facility COVID-19 transmission occurred at 13 hospitals, negatively impacting hospital functions and patient care.
Keywords: COVID-19; Healthcare personnel (HCP); Pandemic; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
. 2020 Oct 29;1-18.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1304. Online ahead of print.
A survey of preparedness against COVID-19 in hospitals in Tokyo, Japan with healthcare personnel with COVID-19 and in-facility transmission
Yasuaki Tagashira[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Akane Takamatsu[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Shinya Hasegawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuki Uenoyama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33115548
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1304
Abstract
A questionnaire was distributed to hospitals in Tokyo (N=38) asking about their preparedness against, and in-facility transmission of, COVID-19. As of May 31, 2020, 284 HCP contracted COVID-19, and in-facility COVID-19 transmission occurred at 13 hospitals, negatively impacting hospital functions and patient care.
Keywords: COVID-19; Healthcare personnel (HCP); Pandemic; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.