Some of the tactics used to control the spread of COVID-19, and staffing shortages exacerbated by the disease, may have played a role in the spread of other infections, nurses and researchers said.
in New York and St. Louis – up to five times higher – suggest they may have been right.
Some of the tactics used to control the spread of COVID-19, and staffing shortages exacerbated by the disease, may have played a role in the spread of infections, nurses and researchers said. Hollingsworth has personal experience with patient safety. In 2018, her husband developed sepsis after surgery. Hollingsworth had seen a nurse put her unwashed hand on an incision after taking off her glove."I am told I can have 10 minutes with him after he gets out of surgery, so I hope it's in the room, so I can clean it," she said.
Bloodstream infections increased by 420% at the facility identified as"Hospital A" and 327% at"Hospital B." Urinary tract infections rose by 179% at Hospital A and 57% at Hospital B.
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