{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["24(10)"],"submitter":["Kim MH"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>There has been an increasing demand for new technologies regarding infection control in hospital settings to reduce the burden of contact tracing.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to compare the validity of a real-time locating system (RTLS) with that of the conventional contact tracing method for identifying high-risk contact cases associated with the secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective case-control study involving in-hospital contact cases of confirmed COVID-19 patients, who were diagnosed from January 23 to March 25, 2022, was conducted at a university hospital in South Korea. Contact cases were identified using either the conventional method or the RTLS. The primary endpoint of this study was secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 amon"],"journal":["Journal of medical Internet research"],"pagination":["e41395"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9580994"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Potential Role of an Adjunctive Real-Time Locating System in Preventing Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a Hospital Environment: Retrospective Case-Control Study."],"pmcid":["PMC9580994"],"pubmed_authors":["Park YS","Kim MH","Ryu UH","Heo SJ","Kim YC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Potential Role of an Adjunctive Real-Time Locating System in Preventing Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a Hospital Environment: Retrospective Case-Control Study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>There has been an increasing demand for new technologies regarding infection control in hospital settings to reduce the burden of contact tracing.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to compare the validity of a real-time locating system (RTLS) with that of the conventional contact tracing method for identifying high-risk contact cases associated with the secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective case-control study involving in-hospital contact cases of confirmed COVID-19 patients, who were diagnosed from January 23 to March 25, 2022, was conducted at a university hospital in South Korea. Contact cases were identified using either the conventional method or the RTLS. The primary endpoint of this study was secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 amon","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-04T07:11:49.257Z","creation":"2024-12-03T19:51:57.378Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9580994","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36197844"],"doi":["10.2196/41395"]}}