Study tracks relationships between COVID hospital data and general community levels

Study: Hospital COVID spread increases when community levels are high Prostock-Studio / iStock CIDRAP

JAMA Network Open yesterday published a US cohort study showing an increase of hospital-onset COVID-19 cases when community-onset infections were high during the first 2 years of the pandemic.

The authors said the findings mean increased in-hospital surveillance could be useful when community levels are high, and suggest admission testing as a means of infection control.

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