Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak investigation in a hospital emergency department-California, December 2020-January 2021.
Journal
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
ISSN: 1559-6834
Titre abrégé: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8804099
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
21
5
2022
entrez:
20
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We describe a large outbreak of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) involving an acute-care hospital emergency department during December 2020 and January 2021, in which 27 healthcare personnel worked while infectious, resulting in multiple opportunities for SARS-CoV-2 transmission to patients and other healthcare personnel. We provide recommendations for improving infection prevention and control.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35591783
pii: S0899823X22000393
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.39
pmc: PMC9411728
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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