COVID-19 led to profound changes in hospital operations, particularly infection prevention and control activities. This supplemental effort funded by the CDC Epicenters program aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-associated infections (HAIs), clinical decision-making, and quality of patient care to inform new policies to prevent infections and optimize care during future surges. Additionally, building on existing research focused on sepsis epidemiology, this work also aimed to identify and describe sepsis associated with COVD-19 compared to sepsis associated with other respiratory viruses with the goal of informing prevention and treatment strategies.
Publications and/or Presentations
Baker MA, et al. (2020). COVID-19 infections among HCWs exposed to a patient with a delayed diagnosis of COVID-19. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.256
Rhee C, et al. (2021). Sources of exposure identified through structured interviews of healthcare workers who test positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A prospective analysis at two teaching hospitals. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.243
Baker MA, Sands KE, Huang SS, Kleinman K, Septimus EJ, Varma N, Blanchard J, Poland RE, Coady MH, Yokoe DS, Fraker S, Froman A, Moody J, Goldin L, Isaacs A, Kleja K, Korwek KM, Stelling J, Clark A, Platt R, Perlin JB; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare-associated infections. Clin Infect Dis ciab688. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab688. Published online August 9, 2021, in print May 2022.
Gohil SK, Septimus E, Sands K, Blanchard EJ, Moody J, Maurice ADS, Yokoe DS, Yokoe DS, Kwon JH, Grein J, Cohen SH, Uslan D, Milind V, Mabalot SC, Coady MH, Selsebil S, Smith KN, Carver B, Poland R, Perlin JB, Platt R, Huang SS. 426. COVID-19 Infection Prevention Practices That Exceed CDC Guidance: Balancing Extra Caution Against Impediments to Care.v Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 4;8(Suppl 1):S313–4. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab466.626. PMCID: PMC8644335.
Shappell CN, Klompas M, Kanjilal S, Chan C, Rhee C. Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of Sepsis Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Versus Other Pathogens in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. Crit Care Explor. 2022 May 13;4(5):e0703
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention