Risk following a severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure from a nocturnal hemodialysis patient utilizing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):491-492. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.291. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Authors

Christopher F Lowe^{1

2}, Mercedeh Kiaii³, Laila Aparicio³, Leila Chinybaeva¹, Sandy Coughlin⁴, Inna Sekirov⁵, Muhammad G Morshed⁵, Victor Leung^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Control, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, Canada.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
³ Division of Nephrology, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ Occupational Health and Safety, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, Canada.
⁵ BCCDC Public Health Laboratory, Vancouver, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / etiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 / transmission
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / adverse effects*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional* / prevention & control
Occupational Exposure*
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2*