<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although COVID-19 is a class B infectious disease, the prevention and control measures used for it in China are commonly used for class A infectious diseases. In the process of the spread of the disease, hospitals will be a key point to influence this pandemic. To prevent and control nosocomial infection of SARS-CoV-2, methods and measures were formulated from the relevant laws and regulations of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, practical experience of the pandemic, and evidence-based medicine in the hospitals fighting this disease. Thus, this report may provide useful recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics.</p></abstract>

The rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although COVID-19 is a class B infectious disease, the prevention and control measures used for it in China are commonly used for class A infectious diseases. In the process of the spread of the disease, hospitals will be a key point to influence this pandemic. To prevent and control nosocomial infection of SARS-CoV-2, methods and measures were formulated from the relevant laws and regulations of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, practical experience of the pandemic, and evidence-based medicine in the hospitals fighting this disease. Thus, this report may provide useful recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics.

Prevention of and control measures for nosocomial coronavirus disease (COVID-19): 2020 recommendations by authors at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Surgical Clinic, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Infection Control Office, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Asian Biomedicine

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The rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although...

Prevention of and control measures for nosocomial coronavirus disease (COVID-19): 2020 recommendations by authors at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Article Category: Practice guidelines

Data publikacji: 20 wrz 2020

Zakres stron: 169 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2020-0024

Słowa kluczowe
COVID-19, cross infection, prevention and control, public health surveillance, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

© 2020 Lan Li et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Prevention of and control measures for nosocomial coronavirus disease (COVID-19): 2020 recommendations by authors at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Article Category: Practice guidelines

Data publikacji: 20 wrz 2020

Zakres stron: 169 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2020-0024

Słowa kluczoweCOVID-19, cross infection, prevention and control, public health surveillance, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

© 2020 Lan Li et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
COVID-19, cross infection, prevention and control, public health surveillance, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2