Outbreak of Health Care-associated Novel Coronavirus (SARS-coV-2)          COVID-19 infections in the Spring of 2020

Kitagawa, Yuko

doi:10.2302/kjm.kjm-covid19-01

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“…Even in workplaces where thorough infection control is implemented, the staff tend to relax their attention in staff areas. There have been reports of transmission between employees in break rooms, locker rooms, staff washrooms, or outside of the facilities [ 32 ]. The JEHSO guidelines address infection control in staff areas and established the following items.…”

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Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Imperfect Condition: Practical Guidelines for Nursing Homes by Japan Environment and Health Safety Organization (JEHSO)

Ochi,

Murakami,

Hasegawa

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Infection control at nursing homes is a top priority to address the COVID-19 pandemic because people who are the most vulnerable to the pathogen live in close contact. Currently, control measures specifically for nursing homes often ignore under-resourced condition of the facilities. To make guidelines assuming realistic conditions, an expert meeting with 16 members established the key challenges in nursing homes, the basics of infection control, and the major transmission routes. A list of existing guidance was compiled and each item in the list was peer-reviewed by eight experts considering three aspects: significance, scientific validity, and feasibility. Factors related to the nursing home environment, the nature of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and patient characteristics were identified as the causes of difficulties in infection control at nursing homes. To develop realistic prevention measures in under-resourced condition such as nursing homes, we may need to accept there are no perfect control measures that can achieve zero risk. Instead, the guidelines are based on the concept of deep defense, and practical checklists with 75 items were established. The evaluation of nursing homes by independent organizations using the checklists would be helpful to achieve sustainable infection control.

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Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Imperfect Condition: Practical Guidelines for Nursing Homes by Japan Environment and Health Safety Organization (JEHSO)

Ochi,

Murakami,

Hasegawa

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Outbreak of Health Care-associated Novel Coronavirus (SARS-coV-2) COVID-19 infections in the Spring of 2020

Abstract: I hereby document the recent outbreak of health care-associated novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) COVID-19 infections at our hospital in the spring of 2020.

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Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Imperfect Condition: Practical Guidelines for Nursing Homes by Japan Environment and Health Safety Organization (JEHSO)

Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Imperfect Condition: Practical Guidelines for Nursing Homes by Japan Environment and Health Safety Organization (JEHSO)

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