COVID-19 surveillance in a bone marrow transplantation unit: experience from a Brazilian tertiary-care teaching hospital

• Published in: Supportive care in cancer Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 271
• Main Authors: Randi, Bruno A., Guimarães, Thaís, de S. Spadao, Fernanda, Higashino, Hermes R., dos S. Lazari, Carolina, Xavier, Erick M., Rocha, Vanderson, Costa, Silvia F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Comment; COVID-19; Disease control; Health surveillance; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nursing; Nursing Research; Oncology; Pain Medicine; Pandemics; Rehabilitation Medicine; Stem cell transplantation; Brazil; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Infection control

Purpose In this work, we aimed to describe the strategy of the weekly SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR surveillance program that was implemented in our bone marrow transplantation (BMT) unit. Methods Our unit performed SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR before admission and then weekly during hospitalization even if the patient wa...