International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Japan: A Cross-sectional Newspaper Database Survey

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Yuta Tani 1
Toyoaki Sawano 2
Ayumu Kawamoto 3
Akihiko Ozaki 4
Tetsuya Tanimoto 1
1 Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
2 Department of Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center, Sendai, Japan
3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
4 Department of Breast Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan
10.34172/ijhpm.2020.75

Highlights

 

Supplementary file 1. Details of the Algorithm Used for Screening Articles

 

 

Keywords
COVID-19
Cross Infection
Epidemiology
Japan
Newspaper Article
Nosocomial Infection
Subjects

 

Dear Editor,

An outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a pandemic.1 In Japan, the increasing number of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 threatens pre-existing medical resources, and incidents of group nosocomial infections in medical institutions and infected healthcare professionals (HCPs) are also increasing. Using the largest domestic newspaper database, we summarized the number of reported nosocomial infections of SARS-CoV-2 occurring throughout Japan... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 9, Issue 10
October 2020
Pages 461-463

  • Received Date 15 April 2020
  • Revised Date 13 May 2020
  • Accepted Date 16 May 2020
  • First Published Date 01 October 2020
  • Published Date 01 October 2020