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Lessons learnt from a nosocomial COVID-19 outbreak in a geriatric acute care ward with a high attack rate

Nosocomial COVID-19 in older patients has a high mortality rate. We describe an outbreak of COVID-19 in a geriatric acute care unit (GACU) in March/April 2020 and the lessons learnt regarding prevention. Thirty-six patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 during that 2-month period, in France's “f...

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Autores principales: Cormier, Hélène, Brangier, Antoine, Lefeuvre, Caroline, Asfar, Marine, Annweiler, Cédric, Legeay, Clément
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8139184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34134888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.05.001