@article{Read_J-2021_45207,
title = {Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK's first COVID-19 pandemic wave},
author = {Read, J. and Green, C. and Harrison, E. and Docherty, A. and Funk, S. and Harrison, J. and Girvan, M. and Hardwick, H. and Turtle, L. and Dunning, J. and Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. and Openshaw, P. and Baillie, J. and Semple, M. and ISARIC4C Investigators},
month = {aug},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Prevention of hospital-acquired infections is a critical aspect of clinical management of COVID-19 as hospital-acquired infections have been a common feature of previous novel coronavirus outbreaks.The number of COVID-19 patients in UK hospitals reached high levels during the first pandemic wave of 2020, and higher levels still in the subsequent winter wave. We assessed the magnitude of nosocomial COVID-19 in acute and long-term National Health Service (NHS) hospital facilities in the UK during the first pandmic wave.},
pages = {1037-1038},
volume = {398},
issue = {10305},
journal = {The Lancet},
publisher = {Elsevier},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01786-4},
}
