Nosocomial COVID-19, a risk illustrated by the first in-hospital transmission of B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a French University Hospital.

COVID-19 Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection control outbreak

Journal

Journal of infection prevention
ISSN: 1757-1774
Titre abrégé: J Infect Prev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101469725

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Historique:
entrez: 24 10 2022
pubmed: 25 10 2022
medline: 25 10 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

In this short report, we describe the first nosocomial spread of B.1.1.7 variant (GR/20I/501Y.V1) in a French hospital, underlining the different aspects of in-hospital transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Retrospective study of a SARS-CoV-2 cluster investigation in January 2021. All cases were screened with RT-PCR. First transmission occurred in a double room with a COVID-19 imported cases, undetected upon admission. Healthcare workers, their relatives and patients' relatives were screened. Eleven secondary cases were identified within a week, in and out of the hospital (in hospital attack rate: 3.1%). No severe COVID-19 was encountered. This report highlights several in-hospital chains of transmission involved with COVID-19 with rapid spread.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36277860
doi: 10.1177/17571774221127543
pii: 10.1177_17571774221127543
pmc: PMC9475369
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

293-295

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2022.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Clément Legeay (C)

Departement of virology, HIFIH Laboratory, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.

Caroline Lefeuvre (C)

CHU Angers, Angers, France.

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