Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2020
Identifier
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.303; PMCID: PMC7360941
Abstract
To understand hospital policies and practices as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conducted a survey through the SHEA Research Network (SRN). The survey assessed policies and practices around the optimization of personal protection equipment (PPE), testing, healthcare personnel policies, visitors of COVID-19 patients in relation to procedures, and types of patients. Overall, 69 individual healthcare facilities responded in the United States and internationally, for a 73% response rate.
Journal Title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Volume
41
Issue
10
First Page
1127
Last Page
1135
MeSH Keywords
Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Cross Infection; Health Personnel; Health Policy; Hospitals; Humans; Infection Control; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; Pneumonia, Viral; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Surveys and Questionnaires
Keywords
Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Cross Infection; Health Personnel; Health Policy; Hospitals; Humans; Infection Control; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; Pneumonia, Viral; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Surveys and Questionnaires
Recommended Citation
Calderwood MS, Deloney VM, Anderson DJ, et al. Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020;41(10):1127-1135. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.303
Comments
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.