Nosocomial Coronavirus Disease 2019 during 2020–2021: Role of Architecture and Ventilation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Design
2.1. Methods and Patients
2.2. Data Collection and Endpoints
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hospital H | Number of Hospitalizations | Average Length of Stay (Days) |
---|---|---|
Senology and plastic general, vascular, urology, ophthalmology, odontology, ENL surgery, and hepatogastroenterology departments | 6524 | 3.1 |
ICU (neurosurgery/orthopedic and traumatological) and pain center | 302 | 5.4 |
Endocrinology cardiology Nephrology | 3038 | 6.2 |
Gerontology | 449 | 12.9 |
Radiology | 15 | 0.0 |
Traumatological and orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and neurology | 5463 | 5.8 |
Hematology, oncology, nuclear medicine | 988 | 6.4 |
Dermatology, general medicine1, infectious diseases (including COVID units), pulmonology, internal medicine, general medicine 2, rheumatology | 4691 | 7.6 |
Emergency department | 3568 | 0.8 |
Total H hospital | 25,038 | 5.5 |
Hospital M | ||
Emergency department, Pediatrics and pediatric surgery, gynecology obstetrical, surgery | 7628 | 2.7 |
ICU (surgical and medical including COVID-19) | 1052 | 6.8 |
Total M hospital | 8680 | 4.7 |
Total hospital H + M | 33,718 | 5.4 |
Patients with Nosocomial COVID-19 (n = 150) | |
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Male patients | 85 (56.7%) |
Female patients | 65 (43.3%) |
Age (years) | 79 [69–85] |
Death | 49 (32.7%) |
Delay of acquisition | 12 d (7–19 days) |
Single room (all hospital stay) | 73 (48.6%) |
Double room | 77 (51.3%) |
Secondary cases (double room) | 26 (17.3%) |
Modern hospital | 1 (0.7%) |
Hitorical hospital | 149 (99.3%) |
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Martinot, M.; Mohseni-Zadeh, M.; Gravier, S.; Ion, C.; Eyriey, M.; Beigue, S.; Coutan, C.; Ongagna, J.-C.; Henric, A.; Schieber, A.; et al. Nosocomial Coronavirus Disease 2019 during 2020–2021: Role of Architecture and Ventilation. Healthcare 2024, 12, 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010046
Martinot M, Mohseni-Zadeh M, Gravier S, Ion C, Eyriey M, Beigue S, Coutan C, Ongagna J-C, Henric A, Schieber A, et al. Nosocomial Coronavirus Disease 2019 during 2020–2021: Role of Architecture and Ventilation. Healthcare. 2024; 12(1):46. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010046
Chicago/Turabian StyleMartinot, Martin, Mahsa Mohseni-Zadeh, Simon Gravier, Ciprian Ion, Magali Eyriey, Severine Beigue, Christophe Coutan, Jean-Claude Ongagna, Anais Henric, Anne Schieber, and et al. 2024. "Nosocomial Coronavirus Disease 2019 during 2020–2021: Role of Architecture and Ventilation" Healthcare 12, no. 1: 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010046
APA StyleMartinot, M., Mohseni-Zadeh, M., Gravier, S., Ion, C., Eyriey, M., Beigue, S., Coutan, C., Ongagna, J. -C., Henric, A., Schieber, A., Jochault, L., & Kempf, C. (2024). Nosocomial Coronavirus Disease 2019 during 2020–2021: Role of Architecture and Ventilation. Healthcare, 12(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010046