Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 - mathematical modelling study [COVID-19]
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Hospital Transmission of COVID-19 - mathematical modelling study
IRAS ID
288257
Contact name
Stacy Todd
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
In our hospital, we estimate that 10-15% of COVID-19 cases were acquired in hospital, and this seems to be similar elsewhere in the UK. Whether people in hospital catch COVID-19 mainly from other patients, from staff, or from contamination in the environment (or all of these routes) is unknown - but understanding the routes of transmission in hospital is vitally important to help us stop it happening. We plan to use routinely collected, anonymised electronic patient and staff data from our hospital to build mathematical models to understand how SARS-CoV2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is transmitted within the hospital.
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