Healthcare-associated COVID-19 in England: a national data linkage study

Healthcare-associated (nosocomial) transmission was a salient feature of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) outbreaks, with 24% of SARS-CoV-1 infections and 36% of MERS-CoV infections among hospitalised cases (excluding healthcare workers) attributed to healthcare acquisition.1 Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a single-centre study in Wuhan, China, reported that 57 (41%) of 138 COVID-19 cases were nosocomial, of whom 17 were patients already hospitalised for other reasons and 40 were healthcare workers.

Source: Journal of Infection - August 30, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alex Bhattacharya, Simon M Collin, James Stimson, Simon Thelwall, Olisaeloka Nsonwu, Sarah Gerver, Julie Robotham, Mark Wilcox, Susan Hopkins, Russell Hope Source Type: research