Policies and practices of SHEA Research Network hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Oct;41(10):1127-1135. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.303. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

Abstract

To understand hospital policies and practices as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conducted a survey through the SHEA Research Network (SRN). The survey assessed policies and practices around the optimization of personal protection equipment (PPE), testing, healthcare personnel policies, visitors of COVID-19 patients in relation to procedures, and types of patients. Overall, 69 individual healthcare facilities responded in the United States and internationally, for a 73% response rate.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Health Personnel / organization & administration
  • Health Policy*
  • Hospitals / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Surveys and Questionnaires