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🚨A study analyzed changes in the frequency of nosocomial (PCR-confirmed) #COVID, Flu & RSV cases due to policy changes in masking & testing at 10 Mass General Brigham hospitals shows targeted universal masking + routine screening essential in protecting patients + healthcare staff🧵

👉Mass General Brigham ending masking/testing in May2023 was associated w/a 25% increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections (RVI) cf. Omicron-dominant period 👉Resuming mask requirement for staff in Jan 2024 was associated w/a significant 33% decline in hospital-onset RVI

Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing at 10 US hospitals was associated with a substantial increase in hospital-onset COVID-19, influenza, and RSV. ja.ma/3Z5fdn7

"Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals" "When hospital staff began masking again, the rates of hospital-onset respiratory viral infections decreased by 33%" Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Source: archive.md/Zki7D

New: Universal masking&testing reduce hospital infections, so does staff masking Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease 8 out of 100 (random sample) died jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

#MedTwitter NEW Analysis of 641K hospital admissions in 3.5y finds ending universal masking & #COVID19 testing was assoc w/ a 25% ⬆️ in hospital-onset resp viral infections (w/ longer stay & ⬆️ mortality) & resumption of universal hospital masking with a 33% ⬇️. #WearAMask /1

The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee. Now a new panel--with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID--is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…