Healthcare Personnel Exposure Risk Assessment and Management During a Mpox Outbreak in Chicago, Illinois, May 17-July 8, 2022.
Healthcare Exposure
Healthcare Personnel
Monkeypox Virus
Mpox
Occupational Transmission
Risk Assessment
Journal
The Journal of infectious diseases
ISSN: 1537-6613
Titre abrégé: J Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0413675
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Nov 2023
29 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
31
07
2023
revised:
17
11
2023
accepted:
27
11
2023
medline:
29
11
2023
pubmed:
29
11
2023
entrez:
29
11
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
This report summarizes risk assessment interviews and follow up with healthcare personnel (HCP) after exposure to patients with mpox disease during May 17-July 8, 2022. HCP-case interactions were assessed using a standard questionnaire to categorize the risk associated with patient encounters. We assessed 150 interactions among 142 HCP and 30 cases. Four(2.7%) interactions were defined as high risk, 5(3.3%) intermediate, 107(71.3%) low, and 31(20.7%) no risk. High and intermediate exposures were offered post-exposure prophylaxis; four accepted. No documented mpox transmission after exposure was identified. These findings suggest transmission risk in healthcare settings during routine patient care is low.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38019754
pii: 7455192
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad531
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
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