We are not doing enough to prevent the spread of COVID‐19 and other respiratory viruses in Australian hospitals
- Publisher:
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Medical Journal of Australia, 2021, 215, (4), pp. 152-153
- Issue Date:
- 2021-07-21
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The health care community has been accused of not taking the nosocomial spread of respiratory virus infection to health care workers and patients seriously enough. The evidence from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated that our current approach to controlling respiratory viruses is not sufficient. The overrepresentation of health care workers among those acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in workplace settings is a clear testament to this with an adjusted hazard ratio of 3.40 (95% CI, 3.37–3.43).1 This issue needs to be critically examined in light of the emerging evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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