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Sep 2020
Study shows one in eight coronavirus hospital cases were ‘caught on-site’
The study undertaken by King’s College London suggests that thousands of patients are likely to have been infected with the virus in UK hospitals.
The study of ten UK hospitals, plus a hospital in Italy, found that at least one in eight patients who had received hospital treatment for coronavirus had caught it on-site, although researchers did say that this was a relatively low rate and showed that there was effective infection control in place.
During the study, 1,500 cases were analysed up to 28th April, covering the peak period of infection in the UK.
Ben Carter, lead author, said “The majority of these patients had already been in hospital for a long time. They were older, frailer, and had pre-existing health conditions.”
These patients also had better outcomes than those admitted to hospital with the virus, likely due to their faster diagnosis and treatment
However, only those who tested positive 15 days or more following admission were counted as hospital-acquired infections.
Professor Duncan Young, intensive-care medicine expert at Oxford University, said the study would not have identified those patients infected during a short hospital stay, as patients were not followed up following their discharge.
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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