COVID-19 Testing at Hospitals and N95 Masks Could Reduce Deaths and Costs: Scientists

RAT admission screening of patients saved saved 1,176 to 1,543 deaths in Victoria per year and an estimated $57.6 to 78.4 million.

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in a file photo. cortex-film/Shutterstock

A new study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection recommends testing patients for COVID-19 upon admission and requiring staff to wear N95 masks.

Scientists from the Burnet Institute in Melbourne discovered that 15 to 25 percent of patients who tested positive for COVID-19 got the virus after being admitted to the hospital.