A review of extended coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation duration among inpatients in a tertiary-care hospital-Iowa, 2020-2022

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jan;45(1):110-113. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.154. Epub 2023 Aug 2.

Abstract

Of the 2,668 patients admitted with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 4% underwent prolonged isolation for >20 days. Reasons for extended isolation were inconsistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines in 25% of these patients and were questionable in 54% due to an ongoing critically ill condition at day 20 without CDC-defined immunocompromised status.

Publication types

  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Inpatients
  • Iowa
  • Retrospective Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tertiary Care Centers