Investigating healthcare worker mobility and patient contacts within a UK hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal; Nick Gotts; Wai Keong Wong; Chris Liddington; Simon Knight; Moira J. Spyer; Catherine F. Houlihan; Eleni Nastouli; Ed Manley

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00229-x

Communications Medicine (Dec 2022)

Investigating healthcare worker mobility and patient contacts within a UK hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal,
Nick Gotts,
Wai Keong Wong,
Chris Liddington,
Simon Knight,
Moira J. Spyer,
Catherine F. Houlihan,
Eleni Nastouli,
Ed Manley

Affiliations

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Nick Gotts: School of Geography, University of Leeds
Wai Keong Wong: Department of Digital Healthcare Technology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chris Liddington: Department of Digital Healthcare Technology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Simon Knight: Department of Digital Healthcare Technology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Moira J. Spyer: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health University College London
Catherine F. Houlihan: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health University College London
Eleni Nastouli: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health University College London
Ed Manley: School of Geography, University of Leeds

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00229-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Wilson-Aggarwal et al. use electronic medical records and door access logs from a London teaching hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic to calculate health care worker mobility and patient contacts. Significant fluctuations are seen, particularly on floors with more COVID-19 patients.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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