Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method.
Lancet Infect Dis
; 22(3): e74-e87, 2022 03.
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ABSTRACT
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers and uninfected patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are at risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 as a result of transmission from infected patients and health-care workers. In the absence of high-quality evidence on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, clinical practice of infection control and prevention in ICUs varies widely. Using a Delphi process, international experts in intensive care, infectious diseases, and infection control developed consensus statements on infection control for SARS-CoV-2 in an ICU. Consensus was achieved for 31 (94%) of 33 statements, from which 25 clinical practice statements were issued. These statements include guidance on ICU design and engineering, health-care worker safety, visiting policy, personal protective equipment, patients and procedures, disinfection, and sterilisation. Consensus was not reached on optimal return to work criteria for health-care workers who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 or the acceptable disinfection strategy for heat-sensitive instruments used for airway management of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Well designed studies are needed to assess the effects of these practice statements and address the remaining uncertainties.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Control de Infecciones
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Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Paciente a Profesional
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Consenso
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Lancet Infect Dis
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Emiratos Árabes Unidos