Outcomes from an infectious disease physician-guided evaluation of hospitalized persons under investigation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a large US academic medical center. (24th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dugdale, Caitlin M.; Turbett, Sarah E.; McCluskey, Suzanne M.; Zachary, Kimon C.; Shenoy, Erica S.; Ciaranello, Andrea L.; Walensky, Rochelle P.; Rosenberg, Eric S.; Anahtar, Melis N.; Hooper, David C.; Hyle, Emily P.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 42:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 344
• Page End: 347
• Publication Date: 2021-03-24
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: We describe an approach to the evaluation and isolation of hospitalized persons under investigation (PUIs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a large US academic medical center. Only a small proportion (2.9%) of PUIs with 1 or more repeated severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) after a negative NAAT were diagnosed with COVID-19.