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Identifying adverse events in patients hospitalized in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19.
May 10, 2023
de Arriba Fernández A, Sánchez Medina R, Dorta Hung ME, et al. J Patient Saf. 2023;19(4):249-250.
As more patients with COVID-19 were admitted to hospitals during the pandemic, concerns about healthcare-acquired COVID-19 and potential associated adverse events increased. In this retrospective study, 126 patients with hospital-acquired COVID-19 were moved to isolation or quarantine. Twenty-nine patients experienced one or more adverse events due to isolation or quarantine, including delayed transfer to other specialties and delayed diagnostic tests. Nosocomial COVID-19 infection was confirmed as cause of death in one patient, and a possible cause in 11 others.
