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The incidence of positive bloodstream and urine cultures in five Australian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2023-03-21

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<h4>Background: </h4> The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on healthcare including increased awareness of infection prevention and control (IPC). The aim of this study was to explore if the heightened awareness of IPC measures implemented in response to the pandemic influenced the rates of healthcare associated infections (HAI) using positive bloodstream and urine cultures as a proxy measure. Methods...

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Literature Corpus work: c4eb02f4-ad0a-5072-af70-53e23d969558
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2698100/v1

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