Changes in infection control practice for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between 2020 and 2021: A nationwide questionnaire survey in Japan

Hitoshi Honda; Akane Takamatsu; Hiroki Saito; Koh Okamoto

doi:10.1017/ash.2021.177

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2021)

Changes in infection control practice for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between 2020 and 2021: A nationwide questionnaire survey in Japan

Hitoshi Honda,
Akane Takamatsu,
Hiroki Saito,
Koh Okamoto

Affiliations

Hitoshi Honda: ORCiD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Akane Takamatsu: Division of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroki Saito: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Yasashi Asahi ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Koh Okamoto: Department of Infectious Diseases, The Univerisity of Tokyo Hospital, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.177
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1

Abstract

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has influenced current infection control practices in the healthcare setting. We surveyed 74 hospitals in Japan regarding changes in their infection control practices or policies between 2020 and the present. We found that the current hospital infection control practices for COVID-19 are adequate.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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