Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals

Universal masking for healthcare workers and patients in hospitals was adopted to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with compliance rates of 100% and 75.9%, respectively. Zero rates of nosocomial influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus infection were achieved from Februar...

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Autores principales: Wong, Shuk-Ching, Lam, Germaine Kit-Ming, AuYeung, Christine Ho-Yan, Chan, Veronica Wing-Man, Wong, Newton Lau-Dan, So, Simon Yung-Chun, Chen, Jonathan Hon-Kwan, Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai, Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32799965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.425
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author Wong, Shuk-Ching
Lam, Germaine Kit-Ming
AuYeung, Christine Ho-Yan
Chan, Veronica Wing-Man
Wong, Newton Lau-Dan
So, Simon Yung-Chun
Chen, Jonathan Hon-Kwan
Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai
Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo
Yuen, Kwok-Yung
Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung
author_facet Wong, Shuk-Ching
Lam, Germaine Kit-Ming
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Chan, Veronica Wing-Man
Wong, Newton Lau-Dan
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description Universal masking for healthcare workers and patients in hospitals was adopted to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with compliance rates of 100% and 75.9%, respectively. Zero rates of nosocomial influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus infection were achieved from February to April 2020, which was significantly lower than the corresponding months in 2017–2019.
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spelling pubmed-74686842020-09-03 Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals Wong, Shuk-Ching Lam, Germaine Kit-Ming AuYeung, Christine Ho-Yan Chan, Veronica Wing-Man Wong, Newton Lau-Dan So, Simon Yung-Chun Chen, Jonathan Hon-Kwan Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo Yuen, Kwok-Yung Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Concise Communication Universal masking for healthcare workers and patients in hospitals was adopted to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with compliance rates of 100% and 75.9%, respectively. Zero rates of nosocomial influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus infection were achieved from February to April 2020, which was significantly lower than the corresponding months in 2017–2019. Cambridge University Press 2020-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7468684/ /pubmed/32799965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.425 Text en © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
spellingShingle Concise Communication
Wong, Shuk-Ching
Lam, Germaine Kit-Ming
AuYeung, Christine Ho-Yan
Chan, Veronica Wing-Man
Wong, Newton Lau-Dan
So, Simon Yung-Chun
Chen, Jonathan Hon-Kwan
Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai
Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo
Yuen, Kwok-Yung
Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung
Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title_full Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title_fullStr Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title_full_unstemmed Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title_short Absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era: Implication of universal masking in hospitals
title_sort absence of nosocomial influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infection in the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) era: implication of universal masking in hospitals
topic Concise Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32799965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.425
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