COVID-19 content from HIS journals

The Healthcare Infection Society are pleased to have signed the Wellcome joint statement pledging to work together with Wellcome, the WHO and related organisations globally to help ensure research findings and data relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak are shared rapidly and openly to inform the public health response. Further, we have committed to making all COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central (PMC) and other public repositories. 

In light of this, this page collects articles published in our two official journals, the Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) and Infection Prevention in Practice (IPIP), which are all available to read and download for free.

We will update this page regularly with new content as it is published.

• Zero healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections amongst haematology inpatients: unexpected consequence of heightened infection control during COVID-19 outbreak
  Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Jing Yuan Tan, Indumathi Venkatachalam, Moi Lin Ling In press 22/10/2020
• Hospital factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare personnel in Greece
  Helena C. Maltezou, Xanthi Dedoukou, Paraskevi Tsonou, Maria Tseroni, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Androula Pavli, Kalliopi Papadima, Anastasios Chrysochoou, Efthalia Randou, Georgios Adamis, Evangelos Kostis, Angelos Pefanis, Charalambos Gogos, Nikolaos V. Sipsas In press 22/10/2020
• Mass screening of healthcare personnel for SARS-CoV-2 in the northern emirates
  Sung‐Soo Park,Hye-Young Oh,Duck‐Jin Hong In press 16/10/2020
• Use, reuse or discard: quantitatively defined variance in the functional integrity of N95 respirators following vaporized hydrogen peroxide decontamination during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Carly Levine, Courtney Grady, Thomas Block, Harry Hurley, Riccardo Russo, Blas Peixoto, Alexis Frees, Alejandro Ruiz, David Alland In press 16/10/2020
• Environmental surface and air contamination in SARS-CoV-2 patient rooms by disease severity
  Keiji Nakamura, Shinichiro Morioka, Satoshi Kutsuna, Shun Iida, Tadaki Suzuki, oriko Kinoshita, Tetsuya Suzuki, Yuko Sugiki, Ayako Okuhama, Kohei Kanda, Yuji Wakimoto, Mugen Ujii, Kei Yamamoto, Masahiro Ishikane, Yuki Moriyama, Masayuki Ota,Takato Nakamoto, Satoshi Ide, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Yutaro Akiyama, Yusuke Miyazato, Kayoko Hayakawa, Sho Saito, Norio Ohmagari In press 13/10/20
• Incidence and outcomes of healthcare-associated COVID-19 infections: significance of delayed diagnosis and correlation with staff absence
  Kirstin Khonyongwa, Surabhi K. Taori, Ana Soares, Nergish Desai, Malur Sudhanva, William Bernal, Silke Schelenz, Lisa A. Curran In press 13/10/2020
• Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by gaseous ozone treatment
  Hisakazu Yano, Ryuichi Nakano, Yuki Suzuki, Akiyo Nakano, Kei Kasahara, Hiroshi Hosoi In press 09/10/2020
• Antimicrobial stewardship: a COVID casualty?
  C Lynch, N Mahida, J Gray In press 08/10/2020
• SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence among medical Staff in a general hospital that treated COVID-19 patients in Japan: retrospective evaluation of nosocomial infection control
  Makoto Hibino, Shogo Iwabuchi, Hiromi Munakata In press 08/10/2020
• Targeted rapid testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the emergency department is associated with large reductions in uninfected patient exposure time
  Jeremiah S. Hinson, Richard E. Rothman, Karen Carroll, Heba H. Mostafa, Kimia Ghobadi, Aria Smith, Diego Martinez, Kathryn Shaw-Saliba, Eili Klein, Scott Levin In press 06/10/2020
• Bearded individuals can use an under-mask beard cover ‘Singh Thattha’ for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
  Rajinder Pal Singh, Hardeep Singh Safri, Sukhdev Singh, Gaggandeep Singh Alg, Gurch Randhawa, Sukhpal Singh Gill In press 03/10/2020
• Providing essential clinical care for non-COVID-19 patients in a Seoul metropolitan acute care hospital amidst ongoing treatment of COVID-19 patients
  Ki Deok Lee, Seungbok Lee, Jaegyun Lim, Yu Min Kang, In Byung Kim, Hyoun Jong Moon, Wang Jun Lee In press 01/10/2020
• Ethanol and isopropanol inactivation of human coronavirus on hard surfaces
  Craig Meyers, Rena Kass, David Goldenberg, Janice Milici, Samina Alam, Richard Robison In press 26/9/2020
• Use of surveillance technology to enhance exposure management for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
  H.J. Ho,W.Y. Lim,B. Ang,A. Chow In press 24/9/2020
• Natural history of COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers in Northern Italy
  Marco Bongiovanni, Alessandro Maria Marra, Angelo De Lauretis, Francesco Bini, Daniela Di Carlo, Giampiero Manes, Bruno Dino Bodini, Lucienne Pellegrini, Mario Schettino, Desiree Picascia, Aldo Bellini In press 24/9/2020
• Potential sources, modes of transmission and effectiveness of prevention measures against SARS-CoV-2
  Günter Kampf, Yannick Brüggemann, Hani E.J. Kaba, Joerg Steinmann, Stephanie Pfaender, Simone Scheithauer, Eike Steinmann In press 18/9/2020
• Clinical characteristics and humoral immune response in healthcare workers with COVID-19 in a teaching hospital in Belgium
  G. Vandercam, A. Simon, A. Scohy, L. Belkhir, B. Kabamba, H. Rodriguez-Villalobos, J.C. Yombi In press 18/9/2020
• Does nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection result in increased 30-day mortality? A multi-centre observational study to identify risk factors for worse outcomes in COVID-19 disease
  Khurram Shahzad Khan, Hamish Reed-Embleton, Jen Lewis, James Saldanha, Sajid Mahmud In press 16/9/2020
• Disinfection of gloved hands during the coronavirus outbreak
  José Miguel, Garrido-Molina, Verónica V. Márquez-Hernández, Alfredo Alcayde-García, Carlos Alberto Ferreras-Morales, Alba García-Viola, Gabriel Aguilera-Manrique, Lorena Gutiérrez-Puertas In press 10/9/2020
• Thermally bonded disinfectant for self-decontamination of fabric against SARS-CoV-2
  Rafael K. Campos, Nehad Saada, Shannan L. Rossi, Scott C. Weaver In press 16/9/2020
• Intermittent viral shedding in respiratory samples of patients with SARS-CoV-2: observational analysis with infection control implications
  J.M. AlJishi, J.A. Al-Tawfiq In press 10/9/2020
• Rapid SARS-CoV-2 inactivation by commonly available chemicals on inanimate surfaces
  M. Gerlach, S. Wolff, S. Ludwig, W. Schäfer, B. Keiner, N.J. Roth, E. Widmer In press 8/9/2020
• The use of germicidal ultraviolet light, vaporised hydrogen peroxide and dry heat to decontaminate face masks and filtering respirators contaminated with a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus
  Louisa F. Ludwig-Begall, Constance Wielick, Lorène Dams, Hans Nauwynck, Pierre-Francois Demeuldre, Aurore Napp, Jan Laperre, Eric Haubruge, Etienne Thiry In press 31/8/2020
• Airborne or droplet: is it possible to say?
  Evonne T. Curran In press 29/8/2020
• COVID-19: Experience from a large acute NHS trust in south-west London
  Jennifer Taylor, Jayakeerthi Rangaiah, Subha Narasimhan, John Clark, Zahra Alexander, Rohini Manuel, Sooria Balasegaram In press 22/8/2020
• COVID-19: considerations for the safe management and disposal of human excreta
  Carole Hallam, Andrea Denton, Gary Thirkell In press 22/08/20
• Laundering single use gowns in the event of critical shortage: experience of a UK acute trust
  Bozena Poller, Christopher Lynch, Reg Ramsden, Karen Jessop, Cariad Evans, Karen Tweed, Caroline Drew, Christine Bates In press 21/8/2020
• Microwave- and heat-based decontamination of N95 filtering facepiece respirators: a systematic review
  Shira Gertsman, Anirudh Agarwal, Katharine O’Hearn, Richard Webster, Anne Tsampalieros, Nick Barrowman, Margaret Sampson, Lindsey Sikora, Emiliyan Staykov, Rhiannon Ng, Jess Gibson, Tri Dinh, Kwame Agyei, Graham Chamberlain, James Dayre McNally In press 21/8/2020
• Environmental contamination in the isolation rooms of COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy
  Jin Young Ahn, Sanggwon An, Yujin Sohn, Yunsuk Cho, Jong Hoon Hyun, Yae Jee Baek, Moo Hyun Kim, Su Jin Jeong, Jung Ho Kim, Nam Su Ku, Joon-Sup Yeom, Davey M. Smith, Hyukmin Lee, Dongeun Yong, Youn-Jung Lee, Ji Won Kim, Hyeong Rae Kim, Jung Ho Hwang, Jun Yong Choi In press 20/8/2020
• Transmission of infection from non-isolated patients with COVID-19 to health care workers
  Trude Basso, Svein Arne Nordbø, Erik Sundqvist, Tom Christian Martinsen, Eivind Witsø, Tina S. Wik In press 19/8/2020
• COVID-19 outbreak in healthcare workers in Trieste hospitals (North-Eastern Italy)
  Linda Piapan, Paola De Michieli, Federico Ronchese, Francesca Rui, Marcella Mauro, Maria Peresson, Ludovica Segat, Pierlanfranco D’Agaro, Corrado Negro, Massimo Bovenzi, Francesca Larese Filon In press 13/8/2020
• Wearing of face masks by healthcare workers during covid-19 lockdown: what did the public observe through the French media?
  Jérémy Picard, Gwenael Cornec, Raoul Baron, Philippe Saliou In press 13/8/2020
• Efficacies of the original and modified WHO-recommended hand rub formulations
  Miranda Suchomel, Jochen Steinmann, Günter Kampf In press 12/8/2020
• Efficacy and safety of disinfectants for decontamination of N95 and SN95 filtering facepiece respirators: a systematic review
  Katie O’Hearn, Shira Gertsman, Richard Webster, Anne Tsampalieros, Rhiannon Ng, Jess Gibson, Margaret Sampson, Lindsey Sikora, James Dayre McNally In press 12/8/2020
• Containment of COVID-19 amongst ancillary healthcare workers: an integral component of infection control
  Liang En Wee, Jean Xiang Ying, Sim, Edwin Philip Conceicao, May Kyawt Aung, Jing Yuan Tan, Indumathi Venkatachalam In press 8/8/2020
• SARS-CoV-2 infection: Advocacy for training and social distancing in healthcare settings
  Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Carole Pelissier, Julie Gagnaire, Sylvie Pillet, Bruno. Pozzetto, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Philippe Berthelot In press 7/8/2020
• Histopathology laboratory paperwork as a potential risk of COVID-19 transmission among laboratory personnel
  Abdulkarim Hasan, Khalid Nafie, Osama Abbadi In press 06/08/20
• Increased risk of COVID-19 in haemodialysis healthcare workers in a tertiary centre in the North West of England
  S. Gray, T. Clough, Y. Mcgee, T. Murphy, D. Poulikakos In press 4/8/2020
• Stockpiled N95 respirator/surgical mask release beyond manufacturer-designated shelf-life: a French experience
  D. Brun, C. Curti, T. Mekideche, A. Benech, I. Hounliasso, E. Lamy, C. Castera, P. Rathelot, P. Vanelle In press 31/7/2020
• A passive monitoring tool using hospital administrative data enables earlier specific detection of healthcare-acquired infections
  Jeffrey Rewley, Laura Koehly, Christopher Steven Marcum, Felix Reed-Tsochas In press 31/7/2020
• Unintended consequences of long sleeved gowns in critical care setting during COVID-19 pandemic
  M. Meda, V. Gentry, P. Reidy, D. Garner In press 31/7/2020
• Hospital-acquired infective endocarditis during COVID-19 pandemic
  Antonio Ramos-Martínez, Ana Fernández-Cruz, Fernando Domínguez, Alberto Forteza, Marta Cobo, Isabel Sánchez-Romero, Angel Asensio In press 30/07/20
• N95 mask reuse in a major urban hospital – COVID-19 response process and procedure
  Michael P. Czubryt, Taras Stecy, Eddie Popke, Randy Aitken, Kim Jabusch, Richard Pound, Peter Lawes, Bram Ramjiawan, Grant N. Pierce In press 30/7/2020
• A review of respiratory protection measures recommended in Europe for dental procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Ilona F. Persoon, Nikolai Stankiewicz, Andrew Smith, Hans (J.J.) de Soet, Catherine M.C. Volgenant In press 29/7/2020
• Characteristics and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in healthcare workers at a London teaching hospital
  Charlotte Zheng, Nema Hafezi-Bakhtiari, Victoria Cooper, Harriet Davidson, Maximillian Habibi, Peter Riley, Aodhan Breathnach In press 27/7/2020
  
• Public health measures during COVID-19 pandemic reduced hospital admissions for community respiratory viral infections
  J.Y. Tan, E.P. Conceicao, X.Y.J. Sim, L.E.I. Wee, M.K. Aung, I. Venkatachalam In press 27/7/2020
• COVID-19 risk assessments: shortcomings in the protection of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic healthcare workers
  Abdallah Abbas In press 22/7/2020
• Nosocomial COVID-19 infection: examining the risk of mortality
  B. Carter, J.T. Collins, F. Barlow-Pay, F. Rickard, E. Bruce, A. Verduri, T.J. Quinn, E. Mitchell, A. Price, A. Vilches-Moraga, M.J. Stechman, R. Short, A. Einarsson, P. Braude, S. Moug, P.K. Myint, J. Hewitt, L. Pearce, K. McCarthy on behalf of the COPE Study Collaborators In press 20/7/2020
• SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in a hospital in Madrid, Spain
  Inés Suárez García, María José Martínez de Aramayona López, Alberto Sáez Vicente, Paloma Lobo Abascal In press 20/7/2020
• Decontaminating N95 and SN95 masks with ultraviolet germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) does not impair mask efficacy and safety: A Systematic Review
  O’Hearn Katie, Shira Gertsman, Margaret Sampson, Richard Webster, Anne Tsampalieros, Rhiannon Ng, Jess Gibson, Anna-Theresa Lobos, Nina Acharya, Anirudh Agarwal, Samantha Boggs, Graham Chamberlain, Emiliyan Staykov, Lindsey Sikora, James Dayre McNally In press 17/7/2020
• Nosocomial transmission prevention of SARS-Cov-2 using a preoperative chest CT: a monocentric study during the outbreak
  J. Touati, G. Rico, P. Habert, M. Gérault, J.-Y. Gaubert, C. Chagnaud, A. Varoquaux In press 15/7/2020
• Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review
  David J. Zorko, Shira Gertsman, Katie O’Hearn, Nicholas Timmerman, Nasser Ambu-Ali, Tri Dinh, Margaret Sampson, Lindsey Sikora, James Dayre McNally, Karen Choong In press 9/7/2020
• Factors affecting stability and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2
  Kwok-Hung Chan, Siddharth Sridhar, Ricky Ruiqi Zhang, Hin Chu, Agnes Yim-Fong Fung, Gabriella Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng, Kwok-Yung Yuen In press 08/07/2020
• Dry heat and microwave generated steam protocols for the rapid decontamination of respiratory personal protective equipment in response to COVID-19-related shortages
  MJ Pascoe, A. Robertson, A Crayford, E Durand, J Steer, A Castelli, R Wesgate, SL Evans, A Porch, J-Y Maillard In press 08/07/2020
• Healthcare workers and patients as trojan horses: a COVID-19 ward outbreak
  H Asada, C Johnston, I Blyth, A Holborow, A Bone, L Porter, P Tidswell, B Healy In press 04/07/20
• Protective barrier box to mitigate exposure to airborne virus particles with minimum personal protective equipment when obtaining nasal PCR samples
  Itaru Nakamura, Hidehiro Watanabe, Takao Itoi
• Comparing the impact of various interventions to control the spread of COVID-19 in 12 countries
  Kin On Kwok, Florence Lai, Vivian Wan In Wei, Margaret Ting Fong Tsoi, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Julian Tang In press 30/06/2020
• Utility of nasopharyngeal swabs in series before hospitalization during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak
  M.M. Paganuzzi, S. Elli, D. Massabò, B. Brignolo, A. Fanin, M. Solbiati, G. Costantino In press 27/06/2020
• Autoclave sterilization and ethanol treatment of re-used surgical masks and N95 respirators during COVID-19: impact on their performance and integrity
  Sergey A. Grinshpun, Michael Yermakov, Marat Khodoun In press 26/06/2020
• Dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity and seroprevalence among high-risk health care workers and hospital staff
  Charlotte Martin, Isabel Montesinos, Nicolas Dauby, Christine Gilles, Hafid Dahma, Sigi Van Den Wijngaert, Stéphane De Wit, Marc Delforge, Nathan Clumeck, Olivier Vandenberg In press 25/06/2020
• An observational study to identify types of personal protective equipment breaches on inpatient wards
  Cameron Avo, Katie-Rose Cawthorne, Joanne Walters, Brendan Healy In press 23/06/2020
• Severe COVID-19 and healthcare associated infections on the ICU: time to remember the basics?
  Ann Sturdy, Marina Basarab, Meaghan Cotter, Kristina Hager, David Shakespeare, Nirav Shah, Paul Randall, Dominic Spray, Amber Arnold In press 23/06/2020
• Do established infection prevention and control measures prevent spread of SARS-CoV-2 to the hospital environment beyond the patient room?
  Jincy Jerry, Edel O’Regan, Louise O’Sullivan, Maureen Lynch, Deirdre Brady In press 23/06/2020
• From bench to bedside – Development of an integrated COVID-19 patient flow management system
  Margaret Foley, Ian O’Neill, Brian O’Neill, Hilary Humphreys, Karen Burns, Eoghan de Barra, Fidelma Fitzpatrick In press 23/06/2020
• The ways in which healthcare interior environments are associated with perception of safety from infectious diseases and coping behaviours
  Suyeon Bae In press 22/06/2020
• Super-factors associated with transmission of occupational COVID-2019 infection among healthcare staff in Wuhan , China
  Ying Wang, Wenwen Wu, Zhenshun Cheng, Xiaodong Tan, Zhonghua Yang, Xiantao Zeng, Bin Mei, Ziling Ni, Xinghuan Wang In press 20/06/2020
• The impact of implementing respiratory point-of-care testing in a regional haemato-oncology unit
  Emily Jane Goldstein, Raje Dhillon, Conor McCullough, Teresa Inkster, Richard Soutar, Rory N. Gunson In press 19/06/2020
• COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers in an infectious diseases specialized setting in Naples, Southern Italy: results of a cross-sectional surveillance study
  Francesco Maria Fusco, Mariantonietta Pisaturo, Valentina Iodice, Raffaele Bellopede, Orsola Tambaro, Giovanni Parrella, Giusy Di Flumeri, Rosaria Viglietti, Raffaella Pisapia, Maria Aurora Carleo, Martina Boccardi, Luigi Atripaldi, Bruno Chignoli, Nicola Maturo, Carolina Rescigno, Vincenzo Esposito, Raffaele Dell’Aversano, Vincenzo Sangiovanni, Rodolfo Punzi In press 17/06/2020
• Quality improvement tool to rapidly identify risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers
  Michael Marmor, Charles DiMaggio, George Friedman-Jimenez, Yongzhao Shao In press 13/06/2020
• Aerosol spread with use of high-flow nasal cannula: a computational fluid dynamics analysis
  Hisato Kobayashi, Takayuki Takimoto, Hiroko Kitaoka, Takashi Kijima In press 12/06/2020
• Enhancing departmental preparedness for COVID-19 using rapid cycle in situ simulation
  A. Dharamsi, K. Hayman, S. Yi, R. Chow, C. Yee, E. Gaylord, D. Tawadrous, L.B. Chartier, M. Landes In press 12/06/2020
• Sustainability of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols: Should we worry about airborne transmission?
  Sara Romano-Bertrand, Ludwig-Serge Aho-Glele, Bruno Grandbastien, Jean-François Gehanno, Didier Lepelletier In press 12/06/2020
• Usefulness of the epidemiological survey and RT-PCR test in pre-surgical patients for assessing the risk of Covid-19
  Albendín Iglesias H, Bleda E. Mira, Piloto A. Roura, Hernández Torres A, Moral Escudero E, Fuente Mora C, Iborra Bendicho A, Moreno Docón A, Galera Peñaranda C, García Vázquez E In press 12/06/2020
• Face masks and containment of COVID-19: experience from South Korea
  Soo Lim, Ho Il Yoon, Kyoung-Ho Song, Eu Suk Kim, Hong Bin Kim, FIDSA In press 12/06/2020
• Preparing nurses for COVID-19 response efforts through involvement in antimicrobial stewardship programmes
  Molly Courtenay, Emma Burnett, Enrique Castro-Sánchez, Rosely Moralez de Figueiredo, Briёtte Du Toit, Rose Gallagher, Fiona Gotterson, Heather Kennedy, Elisabeth Manias, Jo McEwen, Valerie Ness, Rita Olans, Maria Clara Padoveze In press 09/06/2020
• Are positive pressure ventilation lobby rooms effective for protective and source isolation?
  Toney Thomas Poovelikunnel, Ahmed Barakat, Anne O'Hara, Vanessa Newmann, Hilary James Humphreys, Alida Fe Talento In press 08/06/2020
• Preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in rehabilitation pools and therapeutic water environments
  Sara Romano-Bertrand, Ludwig-Serge Aho Glele, Bruno Grandbastien, Didier Lepelletier on behalf of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene In press 05/06/2020

• Clinical assessment of COVID-19 outbreak among migrant workers residing in a large dormitory in Singapore
  Min-Hoe Chew, Frederick H. Koh, Jing-Ting Wu, Sabrina Ngaserin, Aven Ng, Biauw-Chi Ong, Vernon J. Lee In press 01/06/2020

• COVID-19 and non-traditional mask use: How do various materials compare in reducing the infection risk for mask wearers?
  Amanda M. Wilson, Sarah E. Abney, Marco-Felipe King, Mark H. Weir, Martín López-García, Jonathan D. Sexton, Stephanie J. Dancer, Jessica Proctor, Catherine J. Noakes, Kelly A. Reynolds In press 01/06/2020

• Aerosol generating procedures and infective risk to healthcare workers: SARS-CoV-2 – the limits of the evidence
  Henry Harding, Alex Broom, Jennifer Broom In press 01/06/2020
• A Novel Cohorting and Isolation Strategy for Suspected COVID-19 Cases during a Pandemic
  Benjamin Patterson, Michael Marks, Gema Martinez-Garcia, Karen Shaw, Neil Stone, Mike Brown In press 30/05/2020
• Risk Perception of COVID-19 Among the Portuguese Healthcare Professionals and General Population
  David Peres, Jorge Monteiro, Miguel Almeida, Raquel Ladeira In press 29/05/2020
• Evidence for decontamination of single-use filtering facepiece respirators
  A. Polkinghorne, J. Branley In press 26/05/2020
• Adaptation of the ‘Assembly Line’ and ‘Brick System’ techniques for hospital resource management of personal protective equipment, as preparedness for mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a large public hospital in India
  Parmeshwar Kumar, Makhdoom Killedar, Gagandeep Singh In press 21/05/2020
• Symptom-based screening for COVID-19 in health care workers: The importance of fever
  Jean Cyr Yombi, Julien De Greef, Anne-Sophie Marsin, Anne Simon, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Andrea Penaloza, Leila Belkhir In press 21/05/2020
• Inferring super-spreading from transmission clusters of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore
  Kin On Kwok, Henry Ho Hin Chan, Ying Huang, David Shu Cheong Hui, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Wan In Wei, Patsy Yuen Kwan Chau, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Julian Wei Tze Tang In press 21/05/2020
• Evaluation of a high-speed but low-throughput RT-qPCR system for SARS-CoV-2 detection
  Jun Sakai, Norihito Tarumoto, Yuta Orihara, Rieko Kawamura, Masahiro Kodana, Nanako Matsuzaki, Ryo Matsumura, Kana Okane, Toru Kawamura, Shinichi Takeuchi, Kazuo Imai, Takashi Murakami, Shigefumi Maesaki, Maeda Takuya In press 21/05/2020
• In hospital verification of non CE-marked respiratory protective devices to ensure safety of healthcare staff during the COVID-19 outbreak
  Ralph A.C. van Wezel, Anne C.T. Vrancken, Marieke Ernest, Johan Laurensse, Josephus P.C.M. van Doornmalen Gomez Hoyos In press 20/05/2020
• Prevention and protection measures of healthcare workers exposed in health settings to severe acute respiratory infections from SARS-COV-2 in a university hospital in Bari, Apulia Region, southern Italy
  Vimercati Luigi, Dell’Erba Alessandro, Migliore Giovanni, De Maria Luigi, Caputi Antonio, Quarato Marco, Stefanizzi Pasquale, Cavone Domenica, Ferorelli Davide, Sponselli Stefania, Mansi Francesca, Tafuri Silvio In press 20/05/2020
• COVID-19 pandemic: let’s not forget surfaces
  Stacey Rawlinson In press 19/05/2020
• Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2: considerations for hospital settings
  J. Patel In press 19/05/2020
• Multidrug resistant infections in the COVID-19 era, a framework for considering the potential impact
  Daniele Donà, Costanza Di Chiara, Mike Sharland In press 17/05/2020
• Two outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in department of surgery in a Wuhan hospital
  Shicheng Gao, Yufeng Yuan, Yong Xiong, Yongxi Zhang, Liping Deng, Tielong Chen, Hengning Ke, Xinghuan Wang In press 15/05/2020
• The COVID-19 hotel for healthcare workers: Italian best practice
  Vimercati L, Tafuri S, Chironna M, Loconsole D, Fucilli FIM, Migliore G, Gesualdo L In press 15/05/2020
• Is it possible to achieve 100 percent hand hygiene compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic?
  S.-C. Wong, C.H.-Y. AuYeung, G.K.-M. Lam, E.Y.-L. Leung, V.W.-M. Chan, K.-Y. Yuen, V.C.-C. Cheng In press 15/05/2020
• Detection of SARS-CoV-2 on high-touch surfaces in a clinical microbiology laboratory
  I. Bloise, B. Gómez-Arroyo, J. García-Rodríguez On behalf of the SARS-CoV-2 Working Group In press 15/05/2020

• Putting a balance on the aerosolization debate around SARS-CoV-2
  Stephanie J. Dancer, Julian W. Tang, Linsey C. Marr, Shelly Miller, Lidia Morawska, Jose L. Jimenez In press 13/05/2020

• Knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers among healthcare professionals regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey from Pakistan
  Muhmmad Saqlain, Muhammad Muddasir Munir, Saif ur Rehman, Aqsa Gulzar, Sahar Naz, Zaheer Ahmed, Azhar Hussain Tahir, Muhammad Mashhood In press 10/05/2020

• Infection control challenge in setting up a temporary test centre at the international airport for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2
  Shuk-Ching Wong, Ming Leung, Larry Lap-Yip Lee, Kin-Lai Chung, Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng In press 10/05/2020

• It’s in our hands: a rapid, international initiative to translate a hand hygiene song during the COVID-19 pandemic
  N. Thampi, Y. Longtin, A. Peters, D. Pittet, K. Overy In press 6/05/2020

• SARS-CoV-2: air/aerosols and surfaces in laboratory and clinical settings
  Daniel Xin Zhang In press 6/05/2020

• Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: are we taking care of healthcare workers in the Italian Covid-19 outbreak?
  Marco Schiavone, Giovanni B. Forleo, Gianfranco Mitacchione, Alessio Gasperetti, Maurizio Viecca, Claudio Tondo In press 6/05/2020

• Hand touches on the surfaces of a healthcare waiting area
  Yandi Andri Yatmo, Paramita Atmodiwirjo, Mochammad Mirza Yusuf Harahap In press 30/04/2020
• COVID-19-associated shortage of alcohol-based hand rubs, face masks, medical gloves and gowns – proposal for a risk-adapted approach to ensure patient and healthcare worker safety
  Günter Kampf, Simone Scheithauer, Sebastian Lemmen, Philippe Saliou, Miranda Suchomel In press 29/04/2020
• Putting some context to the aerosolization debate around SARS-CoV-2
  Alexandra Peters, Pierre Parneix, Jon Otter, Didier Pittet In press 29/04/2020
• Factors associated with preventive behaviours of COVID-19 among hospital staff in Iran in 2020: an application of the protection motivation theory
  Majid Barati, Saeed Bashirian, Ensiyeh Jenabi, Salman Khazaei, Akram Karimi-Shahanjarini, Sepideh Zareian, Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai, Babak Moeini In press 28/04/2020
• Observations on disinfectant performance
  T. Glasbey, G. Whiteley In press 28/04/2020
• What face mask for what use in the context of COVID-19 pandemic? The French guidelines
  Didier Lepelletier, Bruno Grandbastien, Sara Romano-Bertrand, Serge Aho, Christian Chidiac, Jean-François Géhanno, Franck Chauvin For the French Society for Hospital Hygiene and the High Council for Public Health In press 26/04/2020
• COVID-19: before stopping specific infection control measures, be sure to exclude the diagnosis
  E. Farfour, M.-C. Ballester, M. Lecuru, A. Verrat, E. Imhaus, F. Mellot, F. Karnycheff, M. Vasse, C. Cerf, P. Lesprit In press 25/04/2020
• COVID-19: How prepared are front line healthcare workers in England?
  Katie Prescott, Elaine Baxter, Christopher Lynch, Simran Jassal, Amreen Bashir, Jim Gray In press 24/04/2020
• When weighing universal precautions, filtration efficiency is not universal
  V. Chen, K. Long, E.V. Woodburn In press 24/04/2020
• Infection prevention partners up with psychology in a Danish Hospital successfully addressing staffs fear during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Bente Olesen, Helene Bjergegaard Gyrup, Martin Winther Troelstrup, Tina Marloth, Michael Mølmer In press 24/04/2020
• Put a lid on it: Are faecal bio-aerosols a route of transmission for SARS-CoV-2?
  Carmen V. McDermott, Radica Z. Alicic, Niels Harden, Emily J. Cox, James M. Scanlan In press 18/04/2020
• Therapeutic management of COVID-19 patients: a systematic review
  Mansour Tobaiqy, Mohammed Qashqary, Shrooq Al-Dahery, Alaa Mujallad, Almonther Abdullah Hershan, Mohammad Azhar Kamal, Nawal Helmi In press 17/04/2020
• Innovative technologies for hand hygiene monitoring are urgently needed in the fight against COVID-19
  K.-R. Cawthorne, R.P.D. Cooke In press 15/04/2020.
  
• Environmental virus surveillance in the isolation ward of COVID-19
  Haizhou Wang, Pingzheng Mo, Guozhen Li, Pengfei Chen, Jing Liu, Hongling Wang, Fan Wang, Yongxi Zhang, Qiu Zhao In press 15/04/2020
• Clinical characteristics of 80 hospitalized frontline medical workers infected with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China
  Xiong Wang, Wei Liu, Jinzhu Zhao, Yanjun Lu, Xu Wang, Caizheng Yu, Shuhua Hu, Na Shen, Weiyong Liu, Ziyong Sun, Wengang Li In press 14/04/2020
• Preparedness for COVID-19 infection prevention in Korea: Single-center experience
  Youn Jeong Kim, Yeon Jeong Jeong, Si Hyun Kim, Yeo Ju Kim, Shin Young Lee, Tae Yeong Kim, Mi Sun Choi, Joong Hyun Ahn In press 14/04/2020
• Minimising intra-hospital transmission of COVID-19: the role of social distancing
  Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Xiang Ying Jean Sim, May Kyawt Aung, Kwee Yuen Tan, Hei Man Wong, Limin Wijaya, Ban Hock Tan, Moi Lin Ling, Indumathi Venkatachalam In press 12/04/2020
• Preventing the transmission of COVID-19 amongst healthcare workers
  L.I. Feng Tan In press 9/04/2020
• Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among health care workers in Henan, China
  Minghe Zhou, Fang Tang, Yunjian Wang, Hanxiao Nie, Luyang Zhang, Guohua You, Min Zhang In press 9/04/2020
• Body temperature measurement to prevent pandemic COVID-19 in hospitals in Taiwan: repeated measurement is necessary
  Shih-Huai Hsiao, Tun-Chieh Chen, Hui-Chin Chien, Chih-Jen Yang, Yen-Hsu Chen In press 9/04/2020
• Disinfection of N95 respirators by ionized hydrogen peroxide in pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2
  V.C.C. Cheng, S.-C. Wong, G.S.W. Kwan, W.-T. Hui, K.-Y. Yuen In press 08/04/2020
• Super-spreading events and contribution to transmission of MERS, SARS, and COVID-19
  J.A. Al-Tawfiq, A.J. Rodriguez-Morales In press 08/04/2020
• Sterilization of disposable face masks by means of standardized dry and steam sterilization processes; an alternative in the fight against mask shortages due to COVID-19
  B. van Straten, P. de Man, J. van den Dobbelsteen, H. Koeleman, A. van der Eijk, T. Horeman In press 08/04/2020
• COVID-19 contagion and contamination through hands of trauma patients: what risks and what precautions?
  Rocco De Vitis, Marco Passiatore, Andrea Perna, Luca Proietti, Giuseppe Taccardo In press 04/04/2020
• Risk of nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: an experience in a general ward setting in Hong Kong
  S.C.-Y. Wong, R.T.-S. Kwong, T.C. Wu, J.W.M. Chan, M.Y. Chu, S.Y. Lee, H.Y. Wong, D.C. Lung In press 04/04/2020
• Beyond the assistance: additional exposure situations to COVID-19 for healthcare workers
  M. Belingheri, M.E. Paladino, M.A. Riva In press 31/03/2020 
• Ark of life and hope：role of cabin hospital in facing COVID-19
  Lei Shu, Ningfei Ji, Xiaolin Chen, Ganzhu Feng In press 31/03/2020 
• Active surveillance for suspected COVID-19 cases in inpatients with information technology
  Chun-Yu Lin, Chih-Hung Cheng, Po-Liang Lu, Deng-Chiung Shih, Ching-Tzu Hung, Hsin-Hui Lo, Ming-Ju Tsai, Jen-Yu Hung In press 31/03/2020 
• Inactivation of coronaviruses by heat
  Günter Kampf, Andreas Voss, Simone Scheithauer In press 31/03/2020 
• Letter to the editor (Response to G Kampf, Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and its inactivation with biocidal agents)
  Ron Eccles In press 31/03/2020 
• Strategies for qualified triage stations and fever clinics during the outbreak of COVID-2019 in the county hospitals of Western Chongqing
  X. Wua, H. Zhoub, X. Wub, W. Huanga, B. Jia In press 20/03/20
• Rapid response to COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy: how to convert a classic infectious disease ward into a COVID-19 response centre
  E. Aspergesa, S. Novatia, A. Muzzib, S. Biscarinia, M. Sciarraa, M. Lupia, M. Samboa, I. Gallazzia, M. Peverinic, P. Lagod, F. Mojolie, S. Perlinig, R. Brunoa, COVID-19 IRCCS San Matteo Pavia Task Force In press 20/03/20
• Hand hygiene and the novel coronavirus pandemic: The role of healthcare workers
  N. Lotfinejada, A. Peters, D. Pittet In press 19/03/20
• Lack of SARS-CoV-2 RNA environmental contamination in a tertiary referral hospital for infectious diseases in Northern Italy
  Marta Colaneri, Elena Seminari, Antonio Piralla, Valentina Zuccaro, Alessandro Di Filippo, Fausto Baldanti, Raffaele Bruno, Mario U. Mondelli, the COVID19 IRCCS San Matteo Pavia Task Force In press 19/03/20
• Experience of different upper respiratory tract sampling strategies for detection of COVID-19
  Guangming Ye, Yirong Li, Mengxin Lu, Song Chen, Yongwen Luo, Shichan Wang, Yejingpeng Wang, Xinghuan Wang. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 1-2
• Makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 patients: where health-care workers and patients need sufficient ventilation for more protection
  Chen Chen, Bin Zhao. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 98-99
• Duration of quarantine in hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection: a question needing an answer
  Andrea Lombardi, Giorgio Bozzi, Davide Mangioni, Antonio Muscatello, Anna Maria Peri, Lucia Taramasso, Riccardo Ungaro, Alessandra Bandera, Andrea Gori In press 06/03/20
• Exploring the reasons for healthcare workers infected with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China
  Jiancong Wang, Mouqing Zhou, Fangfei Liu. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 101-102
• Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection based on CT scan vs. RT-PCR: Reflecting on experience from MERS-CoV
  Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Ziad A. Memish In press 05/03/20
• Understanding the emerging coronavirus: what it means for health security and infection prevention Alexandra Peters, Pauline Vetter, Chloé Guitart1, Nasim Lotfinejad, Didier Pittet In press 04/03/20
• Effective strategies to prevent COVID-19 outbreak in hospital Ing-Kit Lee, Chih-chi Wang, Meng-Chih Lin, Chia-Te Kung, Kuo-Chung Lan, Chien-Te Lee. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 102-103
• Association between 2019-nCoV transmission and N95 respirator use Xinghuan Wang, Zhenyu Pan, Zhenshun Cheng. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 104-105
• Practical experiences and suggestions of the eagle-eyed observer, a novel promising role for controlling nosocomial infection of the COVID-19 outbreak Jianhui Peng, Nina Ren, Mingke Wang, Gangging Zhang. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 106-107
• COVID-19 in medical personnel: observation from Thailand  Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit In press 27/02/2020
• Integrated infection control strategy to minimize nosocomial infection of corona virus disease 2019 among ENT healthcare workers Dan Lu, Haiyang Wang, Rong Yu, HuiYang, Yu Zhao In press 27/02/2020
• The non-contact handheld cutaneous infra-red thermometer for fever screening during the COVID-19 global emergency Junjie Aw In press 21/02/2020
• Novel coronavirus pneumonia emergency in Zhuhai: impact and challenges Hao Jin, Ligong Lu, Junweiiu, Min Cui In press 14/2/2020
• Potential role of inanimate surfaces for the spread of coronaviruses and their inactivation with disinfectant agents G. Kampf In press 12/2/2020
• Impact of isolation precautions on quality of life: a meta-analysis
  A. Sharma, D.R. Pillai, M. Lu, C. Doolan, J. Leal, J. Kim, A. Hollis. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 105, Issue 1, 35-42 
• Novel coronavirus, poor quarantine, and the risk of pandemic S. Khan, R. Siddique, A. Ali, M. Xue, G. Nabi In press: 11/02/2020
• Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and its inactivation with biocidal agents
  G. Kampf, D. Todt, S. Pfaender, E. Steinmann. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 104, Issue 3, 246-251
  • Corrigendum to “Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents” [J Hosp Infect 104 (2020) 246–251]
    G. Kampf, D. Todt, S. Pfaender, E. Steinmann
• Novel coronavirus is putting the whole world on alert
  S. Khan, A. Ali, R. Siddique, G. Nabi. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 104, Issue 3, 252-253
• Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging Wuhan coronavirus pneumonia in China Vincent C.C. Cheng, Shuk-Ching Wong, Kelvin K.W. To, P.L. Ho, Kwok-Yung Yuen. Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 104, Issue 3, 254-255