"Healthcare Measures: Effective Strategies in Preventing COVID-19 Spread"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by University of Minnesota Twin Cities
A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that infection-control measures such as ventilation standards, COVID-19 testing, PPE use, and universal wearing of respirators effectively prevented most SARS-CoV-2 transmissions in a California healthcare system from 2020 to 2022. The study analyzed viral genomic and social network data, finding that most virus spread occurred outside the healthcare setting, particularly in shared spaces, and that healthcare workers were no more likely to acquire the virus in the hospital system, even during the peak of the Omicron wave. The authors recommend expanding mitigation measures, including enhancing ventilation and air exchanges, and supporting single occupancy rooms in future respiratory virus pandemics.
