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Health care-associated infections among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, March 2020-March 2022.

May 3, 2023

Sands KE, Blanchard EJ, Fraker S, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(4):e238059.

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Changes in healthcare delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns about increases in healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). This cross-sectional analysis of more than five million hospitalizations between 2020 and 2022 found that the incidence of HAIs was higher among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to patients hospitalized without COVID-19.

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