Current knowledge of COVID-19 and infection prevention and control strategies in healthcare settings: A global analysis

MS Islam, KM Rahman, Y Sun, MO Qureshi… - Infection Control & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
… -19 to critically identify any gaps in the current infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines.
… rooms, poor compliance with IPC measures, and contamination of the environment also …

Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises

G Ye, H Lin, S Chen, S Wang, Z Zeng, W Wang… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
environmental cleaning, strengthen infection prevention … did not always follow standard
infection prevention measures due to … These practices likely led to the low positive detection rate. …

Compliance with standard precautions and its relationship with views on infection control and prevention policy among healthcare workers during COVID-19 …

ELY Wong, KF Ho, D Dong, AWL Cheung… - … of environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… compliance and poor views on the infection prevention and control guidelines is a warning
… to assess level of compliance with infection prevention and control practices among HCWs in …

Unintended consequences of infection prevention and control measures during COVID-19 pandemic

LEI Wee, EP Conceicao, JY Tan… - … of infection control, 2021 - Elsevier
environment was prioritized during the COVID-19 pandemic, given the presence of viral
contamination on … Hand hygiene and environmental cleaning standards at our institution were …

[PDF][PDF] Infection prevention and control during health care when coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is suspected or confirmed: interim guidance, 12 July 2021

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
… with ultrasonic scaler; any kind of dental preparation with high or low… of infection prevention
and control and include standards for … Extensive environmental contamination and prolonged …

Environmental factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 transmission: effect and role of indoor environmental quality in the strategy for COVID-19 infection control

K Azuma, U Yanagi, N Kagi, H Kim, M Ogata… - Environmental health …, 2020 - Springer
… , specific standards for indoor environmental quality controlenvironment around the
COVID-19 cases was contaminated … The low temperature in an environment with the low intake of …

Environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in a designated hospital for coronavirus disease 2019

S Wu, Y Wang, X Jin, J Tian, J Liu, Y Mao - … journal of infection control, 2020 - Elsevier
… required to detect low concentrations of the virus in the clinical environment in further …
infection prevention and control guidelines are needed, as well as delivering methods to prevent

A systematic review on the causes of the transmission and control measures of outbreaks in long-term care facilities: back to basics of infection control

MH Lee, GA Lee, SH Lee, YH Park - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… about infection prevention and control (IPC), and compliance with IPC is generally low [2,
4]. … Environmental contamination may have a critical role in the spread of these outbreaks. …

Infection prevention and control compliance among exposed healthcare workers in COVID-19 treatment centers in Ghana: A descriptive cross-sectional study

ME Ashinyo, SD Dubik, V Duti, KE Amegah, A Ashinyo… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… , environmental cleaning … low-and-middle-income countries is cost-effective and yields a
large downstream return on investment [34]. In this study, insufficiency of PPEs was associated

Infectious diseases society of America guidelines on infection prevention for healthcare personnel caring for patients with suspected or known coronavirus disease …

JB Lynch, P Davitkov, DJ Anderson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… SARS or other VRIs was low or very low. If N95 respirators … data demonstrate environmental
contamination consistent … , and to tailor effective infection prevention strategies to protect …