Showing papers in "Journal of Hospital Infection in 2020"

TL;DR: Human coronaviruses can persist on inanimate surfaces like metal, glass or plastic for up to 9 days, but can be efficiently inactivated by surface disinfection procedures with 62–71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite within 1 minute.

TL;DR: Some risk factors including work experience and job category influenced HCWs’ attitudes and practice concerning COVID-19 and measures must be taken to protect HCWs from risks linked to job category, work experience, working hours, educational attainment, and frontline HCWs.

TL;DR: A review summerized the understanding coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) and thinking about strategy of antiviral drug development and the role of drugs against SARS in drug development is summerized.

TL;DR: A self-administered validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge, attitude and practice among HCPs in Pakistan regarding COVID-19, and regression analysis indicated pharmacist role was the substantial determinant of good practice.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 is not spread by an airborne route, and nosocomial transmissions can be prevented through vigilant basic infection control measures, including wearing of surgical masks, hand and environmental hygiene.

TL;DR: An outbreak of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)occurred in Wuhan, China and it was speculated that they may have similar pathogenesis and treatment strategies, which is reviewed in this article in order to provide some reference to timely and effectively control the outbreak.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates the stability of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental surfaces and raises the possibility of faecal-oral transmission as well as significantly reducing viral infectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: For predicting preventive behaviours of healthcare workers (HCW) towards Covid-19 based on the Protection Motivation Theory, threat and coping appraisal were predictors of protection motivation to conduct COVID-19 preventive behaviours.

TL;DR: Patients with NC had a reduced risk of mortality compared to CAC infection, however, caution should be taken when interpreting this finding.

TL;DR: This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record.

TL;DR: This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record.

TL;DR: This review aimed to comprehensively summarize the current evidence on possible sources for SARS-CoV-2, including evaluation of transmission risks and effectiveness of applied prevention measures.

TL;DR: The World Health Organization has strongly recommended HCWs to ask patients to cover their nose and mouth with a tissue or elbow when coughing or sneezing, to provide masks for patients who are suspected of having COVID-19, and to perform appropriate hand hygiene.

TL;DR: This review aimed to summarise the evidence (and gaps in evidence) around AGPs and SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: The results suggest that HCW-to-HCW transmission accounted for part of the cases, and in spite of a low prevalence of comorbidities and a mild clinical course in most cases, COVID-19 caused long periods of sick leave.

TL;DR: This universal screening in high-risk units irrespective of symptoms allowed asymptomatic and potentially contagious infected workers to be self-isolated during 7 days.

TL;DR: The 222-nm UVC is able to inactivate a wide spectrum of microbial pathogens and exhibits strong germicidal effect to the bacterial endospores.

TL;DR: The study herein specifies the French position for the rational use of respiratory protective equipment for healthcare workers, and underlines the urgent need to clarify the indications of the different categories of mask, in order to rationalize their use.

TL;DR: Facing an unknown viral process, epidemiological surveillance must pay attention to subtle modifications of seasonal trend patterns to take appropriate preventive measures as early as possible.

TL;DR: Investigating environmental SARS-CoV-2 contamination in the isolation rooms of severe COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy found viable viruses were identified on the surface of the endotracheal tube of Patient 1 and seven sites in Patient 3’s room.

TL;DR: Most of the infected HCWs had been asymptomatic, which supports the need for periodic screening of HCWs for COVID-19, and the infection rate among HCWs is reasonable low.

TL;DR: Findings show that sustained transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among hospital staff did not occur, beyond the community outbreak, even in the absence of strict infection control measures in non-clinical areas, and suggest that current PPE is effective when used appropriately.

TL;DR: This is the first description of stable disinfection of face masks and filtering facepiece respirators contaminated with an infectious SARS-CoV-2 surrogate using UV irradiation, vaporised H2O2 and dry heat treatment.