Occupational COVID-19 exposures and secondary cases among healthcare personnel.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Exposure
Healthcare epidemiology
Infection control
Occupational health
Pandemic
Journal
American journal of infection control
ISSN: 1527-3296
Titre abrégé: Am J Infect Control
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8004854
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2021
10 2021
Historique:
received:
08
06
2021
revised:
28
07
2021
accepted:
29
07
2021
pubmed:
11
8
2021
medline:
30
9
2021
entrez:
10
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare personnel (HCP) have been at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, both from patients and co-workers. This paper summarizes occupational exposures to SARS-CoV-2 and secondary cases among HCP at a large health system. Key findings indicate that transmission of COVID-19 to HCP is low, especially with close adherence to PPE guidelines, but lapses in infection prevention practices, including dining together and omitting eye protection during patient care, especially at times when COVID-19 is circulating widely in the community increase the risk of exposure and subsequent transmission to HCP.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34375702
pii: S0196-6553(21)00516-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.07.021
pmc: PMC8349432
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1334-1336Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.