Hospital-acquired (or 'nosocomial') SARS-CoV-2 infection continues to pose significant harm to patients, despite a decrease in morbidity and mortality rates observed since the pre-Omicron period, as per the recent research findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This retrospective study, conducted from December 2020 to April 2023, involved a cohort of hospitalized adults across…
A recent cross-sectional investigation conducted across 3,283 acute care hospitals in 36 states has highlighted some alarming trends observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research findings revealed a significant increase in the cases of pressure ulcers and in-hospital mortality rates concerning nonsurgical care in 2020. It's been noted that these spikes occurred primarily in the…