Staff to staff transmission as a driver of healthcare worker infections with COVID-19
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.12.25.20248824: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Routine cleaning of COVID wards was performed in line with national guidance11 and included daily cleaning and disinfection using Chloradet™ Chloradet™suggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:There are limitations to our retrospective …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.12.25.20248824: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Routine cleaning of COVID wards was performed in line with national guidance11 and included daily cleaning and disinfection using Chloradet™ Chloradet™suggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:There are limitations to our retrospective observational data, with only a small number of HCW infections at a single healthcare institution to draw inferences from that may not be representative of the transmission occurring in other facilities. However, our experience provides important local data in recognising the potential for transmission between staff, as has occurred in other essential non-healthcare industries such as food production and distribution. Staff tearooms or break rooms pose a particular challenge. In an environment where transmission is unable to be mitigated by PPE, staff are vulnerable to acquisition from other infected staff. In a study of 703 infected HCWs at a single institution, staying in the same break room as a HCW without a mask for >15 minutes and consuming food within 1 m of another HCW were identified as risk factors for infection.20 However, tearoom and break facilities are essential to the wellbeing of HCWs, and provide an area to rest and replenish – critical resources to reducing staff fatigue that can also contribute to HCW infections through errors and breaches in otherwise routine practices such as hand hygiene and doffing of PPE.7, 8 Space is often limited in HCW tearooms, with physical distancing requirements further restricting use of these facilities. A greater understanding of HCW infections is essential to minimising the risk to frontline staff caring for patients with COVID-19. As our data indicate, healthcare institutions must ...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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