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Infection Prevention and Control guidance for Long-Term Care Facilities in the context of COVID-19, Interim guidance 21 March 2020
(2020-03-21)Background: On 30 January 2020, WHO announced that the COVID-19 outbreak was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Initially, most cases were reported from China and among individuals with travel history to ... -
Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected Interim guidance, 19 March 2020
(2020-03-19)Background: This is the first edition of guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for use when COVID-19 is suspected. It has been adapted from WHO’s Infection prevention and control during health care ... -
MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods
(2019-12)Introduction: Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus Virus (MERS-CoV) first emerged from Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since been recognized as a significant human respiratory pathogen on a global level. Methods: In this ... -
Risk Stratification for Healthcare workers during the CoViD-19 Pandemic; using demographics, co-morbid disease and clinical domain in order to assign clinical duties
(2020-05-09)Background: Healthcare workers have a greater exposure to individuals with confirmed SARS-novel coronavirus 2, and thus a higher probability of contracting corona virus disease (CoViD)-19, than the general population. It ... -
Frequency of routine testing for SARS-CoV-2 to reduce transmission among workers
(2020-05-06)Shelter-in-place policies have been considered effective in mitigating the transmission of the virus SARS-CoV-2. To end such policies, routine testing and self-quarantine of those testing positive for active infection have ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ...