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Auscandoc<p>Simple measures lessen <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID19</span></a> infections <a href="https://www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-media/news-plus-updates/simple-measures-lessen-hospital-acquired-covid-19-infections/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">burnet.edu.au/knowledge-and-me</span><span class="invisible">dia/news-plus-updates/simple-measures-lessen-hospital-acquired-covid-19-infections/</span></a> “One of the paper’s lead authors, Burnet Associate Professor Nick Scott, said on average, 15-25% of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital had contracted the virus after being admitted. </p><p>“The data also showed mortality was 6 percentage points higher for people who caught COVID-19 in hospital, compared to controls who did not,” he said.</p>
Auscandoc<p>“The natural consequence of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/unmasked" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>unmasked</span></a> staff and patients, even those known to be <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SARSCoV2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SARSCoV2</span></a> positive, freely mixing in overcrowded hospitals is the rampant spread of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a> infections, often among some of the most vulnerable demographics. This was previously thought to be a bad thing.”</p>
Dr Joe Pajak<p>'Findings reveal previously unrecognized scale of🏥transmission, with direct implications for targeting of hospital control measures and highlight need to design hospitals better equipped to limit the transmission of future high-consequence pathogens.' <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06634-z#auth-Ben_S_-Cooper-Aff1-Aff2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-023</span><span class="invisible">-06634-z#auth-Ben_S_-Cooper-Aff1-Aff2</span></a></p>
Dr Joe Pajak<p>'Moreover, we show that reducing hospital transmission could substantially enhance the efficiency of punctuated lockdown measures in suppressing community transmission.'</p><p>Ben Cooper et al @MORUBKK @CGHRinfo @UniofOxford @Nature <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CovidIsAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidIsAirborne</span></a></p><p>🏥<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06634-z#auth-Ben_S_-Cooper-Aff1-Aff2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-023</span><span class="invisible">-06634-z#auth-Ben_S_-Cooper-Aff1-Aff2</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MaskMandates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MaskMandates</span></a> Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID19</span></a>. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns - Cancer Therapy Advisor <a href="https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/mask-mandates-have-kept-one-cancer-center-free-from-covid-19-others-have-lifted-masking-requirements-despite-patient-concerns/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/</span><span class="invisible">cancer-topics/general-oncology/mask-mandates-have-kept-one-cancer-center-free-from-covid-19-others-have-lifted-masking-requirements-despite-patient-concerns/</span></a> “City of Hope in Duarte, California, has maintained <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/masking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>masking</span></a> requirements, and this has prevented <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID19</span></a> there entirely</p><p>“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/nosocomial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nosocomial</span></a> infections, zero <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>outbreaks</span></a>,” Dr Trisal said. “In a <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cancer</span></a> hospital, that is critically important.</p>
Auscandoc<p>“Similarly, in the UK, a study found that the use of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/RespiratorMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RespiratorMasks</span></a> during the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta</span></a> wave was associated with a 33% reduction in the likelihood of getting a <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Covid</span></a> infection and a 21% reduction during the Alpha wave. Given this, hospitals should provide free N95s for patients and staff to use.”</p>
Auscandoc<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COVID</span></a>: More than 600 people die after catching virus in hospital <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-death-sentence-more-than-600-people-die-after-catching-covid-in-hospital-20230621-p5di7x.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/national/victori</span><span class="invisible">a/a-death-sentence-more-than-600-people-die-after-catching-covid-in-hospital-20230621-p5di7x.html</span></a> “Health Department data obtained under freedom of information laws reveals 5614 people were suspected to have caught COVID while in the state’s public hospitals between 2020 and April this year.</p><p>More than one in 10 of these patients were confirmed or suspected to have died as a result of their <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/HospitalAcquired" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HospitalAcquired</span></a> infection.”</p>
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