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ReviewJournal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi2021

Containing SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals facing finite PPE, limited testing, and physical space variability: Navigating resource constrained enhanced traffic control bundling.

Michael R De Georgeo, Julia M De Georgeo, Toby M Egan, Kristi P Klee, Michael S Schwemm, Heather Bye-Kollbaum, Andrew J Kinser

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Review in Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Impact of COVID-19 on Breastfeeding among SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnant Women: A Single Centre Survey Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  7. Increased antimicrobial resistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.International journal of antimicrobial agents · 2021
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  8. Seventeen years after first implementation of traffic control bundling.Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael R De GeorgeoMedtronic PRO|CV - Cardiac and Vascular Group, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 55482, USA. Electronic address: michael.r.degeorgeo@medtronic.com.
Julia M De GeorgeoCollege of Letters & Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Toby M EganSchool of Public Policy & Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Kristi P KleeAllina Health System, PO Box 43, Minneapolis, MN 55440, USA.
Michael S SchwemmEmergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA), NW 6438, PO Box 1450, Minneapolis, MN 55485, USA.
Heather Bye-KollbaumMedtronic PRO|CV - Cardiac and Vascular Group, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 55482, USA.
Andrew J KinserMedtronic PRO|CV - Cardiac and Vascular Group, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 55482, USA.
Medtronic (United States) · USAllina Health · USMedtronic (Ireland) · IEUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a focus by public health practitioners and scholars on ways to limit spread while facing unprecedented challenges and resource constraints. Recent COVID-19-specific enhanced Traffic Control Bundling (eTCB) recommendations provide a cogent framework for managing patient care pathways and reducing health care worker (HCW) and patient exposure to SARS-CoV-2. eTCB has been applied broadly and has proven to be effective in limiting fomite and droplet transmissions in hospitals and between hospitals and the surrounding community. At the same time, resource constrained conditions involving limited personal protective equipment (PPE), low testing availability, and variability in physical space can require modifications in the way hospitals implement eTCB. While eTCB has come to be viewed as a standard of practice, COVID-19 related resource constraints often require hospital implementation teams to customize eTCB solutions. We provide and describe a cross-functional, collaborative on-the-ground adaptive application of eTCB initially piloted at two hospitals and subsequently reproduced at 16 additional hospitals and health systems in the US to date. By effectively facilitating eTCB deployment, hospital leaders and practitioners can establish clearer 'zones of risk' and related protective practices that prevent transmission to HCWs and patients. We outline key insights and recommendations gained from recent implementation under the aforementioned constraints and a cross-functional team process that can be utilized by hospitals to most effectively adapt eTCB under resource constraints.

Indexed as

COVID-19COVID-19 TestingCross InfectionHealth PersonnelHospitalsHumansInfection ControlInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalPersonal Protective EquipmentSARS-CoV-2United StatesCOVID-19Enhanced traffic control bundlingHealth care workersMitigationNosocomial infection controlPandemic

Identifiers

PMID32773286
PMCPMC7390767
OpenAlexW3046632597

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