SARS-CoV2 hospital surveillance and control system with contact tracing for patients and health care workers at a large reference hospital in Spain during the first wave: An observational descriptive study.

Background And Aims: During the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Preventive Medicine Department and the Occupational Health Department at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (HCB), a large Spanish referral hospital, developed an innovative comprehensive SARS-CoV2 Surveillance and Control System (CoSy-19) in order to preserve patients' and health care workers' (HCWs) safety. We aim to describe the CoSy-19 and to assess the impact in the number of contacts that new cases generated along this time.

Methods: Observational descriptive study of the findings of the activity of contact tracing of all cases received at the HCB during the first peak of COVID-19 in Spain (February 25th-May 3rd, 2020).

[Vaccines against varicella-zoster virus (VZV)].

In Western countries, two attenuated varicella vaccines derived from the OKA strain are licensed: Varilrix® GlaxoSmithKline (OKA/RIT strain) and Varivax® Merck Sharp and Dohme (OKA/Merck strain). Currently, in Spain, varicella vaccination is only included in the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality official vaccination calendar for administration in adolescents who have not had the disease. Given the good results obtained in Navarra and Madrid with universal administration of the vaccine in children, it would be desirable to include the vaccine in the routine immunization schedule, with the administration of two doses at 15-18 months of age in the future.

Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia in Catalonia (Spain).

The objective of the study was to analyze the descriptive epidemiology and costs of herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in people aged ≥50 years in Catalonia (Spain). The incidence of HZ in Catalonia was estimated by extrapolating the incidence data from Navarre (Spain) to the population of Catalonia. The incidence of PHN was estimated according to the proportion of cases of HZ in the case series of the Hospital del Sagrado Corazón de Barcelona that evolved to PHN.

Economic benefits of inactivated influenza vaccines in the prevention of seasonal influenza in children.

The aim of this study was to systematically review published studies that evaluated the efficiency of inactivated influenza vaccination in preventing seasonal influenza in children. The vaccine evaluated was the influenza-inactivated vaccine in 10 studies and the virosomal inactivated vaccine in 3 studies. The results show that yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine saves money from the societal and family perspectives but not from the public or private provider perspective.

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Objectives: To assess the main features and determining factors of inappropriate admission and hospital stay in relationship with a new clinical management model.

Methods: Study population included all patients discharged from the Hospital Clinic-University of Barcelona. The review tool was the medical and surgical Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP).

[Analysis of Spanish hospital's reputation: relationship with their scientific production in different subspecialities].

Background And Objective: To assess the relationship between reputation of hospitals, as determined by specialists' opinion, and their scientific production.

Material And Method: A questionnaire was sent to a sample of members of the Spanish Societies of Cardiology, Digestive Diseases, Neurology and Otorhinolaryngology. Each member had the possibility to nominate 5 hospitals with the greatest reputation amongst his/her specialty.

[Cost analysis of cardiac transplantation in a Spanish hospital].

Background And Objective: Heart transplant requires a heavy use of high cost resources. Economic data related to this procedure had not been specifically addressed and there are very few publications which analyze this topic. The aim of this study was to analyze the costs related to heart transplant in a series of patients from a single institution.

[Influence of the time factor on hospitalised patient's opinion].

Background And Objective: An important controversy at the time of studying the perceived quality is which is the best time to know the patient's opinion. The objective of this work was to find out whether this opinion is different at the time of discharge and one month later.

Patients And Method: We included patients who were discharged between October 1999 and March 2000.