October 8, 2020

Risk of COVID-19 from Hospital Admission during the Pandemic

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care setting

• Nalleballe et al. report on 101,533 patients hospitalized for a non-COVID-19 related illness included in a global clinical research database representing 45 health care organizations. Only 44 (0.043%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 within 14 days of discharge between January and June 2020. These results suggest that risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 during a hospital admission is low.

Nalleballe et al. (Oct 8, 2020). Risk of COVID-19 from Hospital Admission during the Pandemic. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1249