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David Oliver: Could we do better on hospital acquired COVID-19 in a future wave? (13 January 2021)

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In this opinion piece for the British Medical Journal, David Oliver, consultant in geriatrics and acute general medicine, highlights the high rates of COVID-19 infection that have been acquired in hospital. David looks at an example in the US where rigid infection control measures have been implemented with success, arguing that more needs to be done to challenge and address these worrying statistics here in the UK.

David Oliver: Could we do better on hospital acquired COVID-19 in a future wave? (13 January 2021) https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n70?s=03

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