Infection control violations may suggest many hospitals not ready for coronavirus

An outbreak would demand peak performance


Many healthcare facilities have histories of failing to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and a coronavirus outbreak would demand peak performance, according to an article on the ProPublica website.

For instance, when the Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas docked in Bayonne, New Jersey, with patients who had traveled from China, four passengers further medical observation.

The next step was University Hospital in Newark, a major academic medical center equipped with isolation rooms. 

But the hospital has struggled in recent years with controlling the spread of infection.

Read the article.

 



March 13, 2020


Topic Area: Infection Control

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