Disclosing a hospital outbreak informs the public, which improves trust and transparency. “The problems are when hospitals don’t identify outbreaks.”As long as there have been hospitals and infectious diseases, there have been “nosocomial outbreaks,” which refer to outbreaks that originate inside a health-care facility. To date, 73 COVID outbreaks have been reported by hospitals, according to provincial statistics, with some reporting more than one. “With many hospitals across Ontario and Canada erring on the side of caution during COVID-19, we are seeing more health-care organizations, including hospitals declare outbreaks more frequently,” Small said in an email. “I think this is the unfortunate reality; we’re going to have to deal with COVID outbreaks,” she said.

Source: thestar May 12, 2020 09:11 UTC