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Discontinuation of admission screening for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the impact on in-hospital clusters of COVID-19: Experience at a tertiary-care center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2023

Hitoshi Honda Open the ORCID record for Hitoshi Honda [Opens in a new window] ,
Masataka Nakagawa ,
Rie Nisida ,
Chiyo Shintani ,
Manami Hamagishi ,
Yuki Uehara ,
Mitsunaga Iwata  and
Yohei Doi
Hitoshi Honda*
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan Department of Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Masataka Nakagawa
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Rie Nisida
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Chiyo Shintani
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Manami Hamagishi
Affiliation:
Division of Infection Control, Department of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Yuki Uehara
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Mitsunaga Iwata
Affiliation:
Department of General Internal Medicine, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Yohei Doi
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan Center for Innovative Antimicrobial Therapy, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, United States
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Author for correspondence: Hitoshi Honda, E-mail: hhhhonda@gmail.com
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Abstract

We evaluated the impact of discontinuing universal preadmission screening for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on the occurrence of nosocomial clusters of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the SARS-CoV-2 o (omicron) variant period. No increasing trend in nosocomial clusters was observed during community-based surges before and after discontinuation. This finding supports the safety of the practice change.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 11 , November 2023 , pp. 1877 - 1880
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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