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SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows
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Experts say the findings should spark a paradigm shift in the way hospitals approach COVID infection prevention — that's if the latest indicators of illness and death don't.
Hayley Gleeson
Date published: May 5, 2024
Date archived: May 6, 2024
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Too many patients are catching COVID in Australian hospitals, doctors say. So why are hospitals rolling back precautions?
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For Andrew Miller, a Perth-based anaesthetist and chair of OzSAGE, an independent advisory group of experts in epidemiology, health and economics, a major problem is that COVID is too often being treated by hospitals as a "common cold" when it should be treated as seriously as tuberculosis or golden staph.
Hayley Gleeson
Date published: Feb. 10, 2024
Date archived: May 6, 2024
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The COVID-safe strategies Australian scientists are using to protect themselves from the virus
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Some commentators have described this situation — the crashing of wave after wave of COVID-19, a steady drip, drip, drip of death and mounting chronic illness — as the "new normal". But other experts insist it doesn't have to be, and that continuing on the current trajectory is unsustainable
Hayley Gleeson
Date published: Jan. 20, 2024
Date archived: May 6, 2024
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Cancer Therapy Advisor
Mask Mandates Have Kept One Cancer Center Free From COVID-19. Others Have Lifted Masking Requirements Despite Patient Concerns
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“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero nosocomial infections, zero outbreaks,” Dr Trisal said. “In a cancer hospital, that is critically important. We have no imminent plans to change our current policies.”
Victoria Forster
PhD
Date published: Aug. 25, 2023
Date archived: Sept. 15, 2023
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University of Cambridge Research
Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically
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When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a dramatic fall – up to 100% – in hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among these staff.
Date published: June 29, 2021
Date archived: Feb. 2, 2022
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Annals of Internal Medicine
For Patient Safety, It Is Not Time to Take Off Masks in Health Care Settings
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In any event, exposing patients unnecessarily to infections that are preventable by masking seems directly contrary to the principles of patient safety.
Tara N. Palmore, MD; David K. Henderson, MD
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