Infection control in the intensive care unit: expert consensus statements for SARS-CoV-2 using a Delphi method.

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

SUBMITTER: Nasa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature