High numbers of COVID-19 patients transit through non-COVID wards, and associated healthcare workers have high infection rates: An observational cross-sectional study

Susanna Nallamilli; Tejus Patel; April Buazon; Jennifer Vidler; Sam Norton; Mustafa Atta; James Galloway; Stella Bowcock

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275154

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High numbers of COVID-19 patients transit through non-COVID wards, and associated healthcare workers have high infection rates: An observational cross-sectional study

Susanna Nallamilli,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6080-601X

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Tejus Patel,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom
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April Buazon,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom
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Jennifer Vidler,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom
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Sam Norton,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Rheumatic Disease, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Mustafa Atta,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom
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James Galloway,

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Rheumatic Disease, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Stella Bowcock

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stella.bowcock@nhs.net, stellashee@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Princess Royal University Hospital, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, Kent, Orpington, United Kingdom
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High numbers of COVID-19 patients transit through non-COVID wards, and associated healthcare workers have high infection rates: An observational cross-sectional study

Susanna Nallamilli,
Tejus Patel,
April Buazon,
Jennifer Vidler,
Sam Norton,
Mustafa Atta,
James Galloway,
Stella Bowcock

Published: October 19, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275154

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