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Respiratory surveillance wards as a strategy to reduce nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 through early detection: The experience of a tertiary-care hospital in Singapore

OBJECTIVES: Patients with COVID-19 may present with respiratory syndromes indistinguishable from those caused by common viruses. Early isolation and containment is challenging. Although screening all patients with respiratory symptoms for COVID-19 has been recommended, the practicality of such an ef...

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Autores principales:	Wee, Liang En, Hsieh, Jenny Yi Chen, Phua, Ghee Chee, Tan, Yuyang, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Thuan Tong, Tan, Ban Hock
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32381147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.207

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