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Table 1 Estimates of COVID-19 hospital acquired infections grouped by timing of prevention protocols

From: Hospital acquired COVID-19 infections amongst patients before the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, a scoping review

Author, publication date

Total sample size of patients included in analysis

Proportion of HAI (or incidence rate)

Study timing relative to NPPIs

Ajayi 2020

657

4.10%

Before

Luong-Nguyen 2020

301

4.90%

Before

Lakhani 2020

288

6.48%

Before

Harada 2020

562

18.50%

Before

Borges 2021

92

22.83%

Before

Lio 2021

28

25.00%

Before

Schwierzeck 2020

48

27.08%

Before

Bestillieiro 2020

34

29.41%

Before

Romero 2020

198

33.60%

Before

Constantino-Shor 2021

25

40.00%

Before

Davis 2021

222

46.29%

Before

Horing 2020

50

52.00%

Before

Caronni 2021

11

54.50%

Before

Mazzoleni 2020

62

65.00%

Before

Romics 2021

179

0.00%

During

Rhee 2020

9149

0.02%

During

Ambrosch 2020

6106

0.16%

During

Sahoo 2020

1769

0.28%

During

Mettias 2020

3410

0.32%

During

Demiroz 2020

162

1.20%

During

Romao 2020

617

1.30%

During

Tabourin 2020

68

1.50%

During

Axiotakis 2021

501

1.80%

During

Wee 2020

45

2.20%

During

Lubansu 2020

176

2.84%

During

Jeannon 2021

69

3.00%

During

Rajasekaran 2021

347

4.00%

During

Yau 2020

237

4.60%

During

Meena 2020

20

5.00%

During

Sobrado 2020

99

5.00%

During

Jewkes 2020

133

6.00%

During

Khonyongwa 2020

774

7.10%

During

Cheng 2021

78

15.40%

During

Thompson 2020

160

33.00%

During

Al Lawati 2020

28

46.43%

During

Goldberg 2020

97

53.60%

During

Long 2021

2992

0.8–5.0 cases per 10,000 patient days

During

Biernat 2020

39

4.87%

Not clear

Khan 2021

173

11.00%

Not clear

Carter 2020

1564

12.50%

Not clear

Bhogal 2020

179

16.00%

Not clear

Garratti 2020

52

19.00%

Not clear

Elkrief 2020

252

19.00%

Not clear

Colomer 2020

40

35.00%

Not clear

Gaudart 2021

100,988

155.6 cases (range 19·4–489.5) per 100,000 in-hospital habitants

Not clear

  1. Lists of studies conducted before, during or at unknown timing in relation to the implementation of non-pharmaceutical prevention interventions (NPPIs) at study sites. Studies are listed in order of increasing HAI proportions within each group. HAI, hospital acquired infections