Population and hospital-level COVID-19 measures are associated with increased risk of hospital-onset COVID-19

Emily Schmitz; Laura Anderson; Gabrielle Hatas; Linda Stevens; Fauzia Osman; Marin Schweizer; Nasia Safdar; Daniel Shirley

doi:10.1017/ice.2024.29

Population and hospital-level COVID-19 measures are associated with increased risk of hospital-onset COVID-19

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Mar 18:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.29. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Emily Schmitz¹, Laura Anderson², Gabrielle Hatas², Linda Stevens², Fauzia Osman³, Marin Schweizer^{1

3}, Nasia Safdar^{1

3}, Daniel Shirley^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
² UW Health, Madison, WI, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.

PMID: 38495006
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.29

Abstract

A review of hospital-onset COVID-19 cases revealed 8 definite, 106 probable, and 46 possible cases. Correlations between hospital-onset cases and both HCW and inpatient cases were noted in 2021. Rises in community measures were associated with rises in hospital-onset cases. Measures of community COVID-19 activity might predict hospital-onset cases.