Identifying Contact Risks for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Healthcare Workers during Outbreak on COVID-19 Ward

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Oct;28(10):2134-2137. doi: 10.3201/eid2810.220266. Epub 2022 Aug 24.

Abstract

We assessed the risk for different exposures to SARS-CoV-2 during a COVID-19 outbreak among healthcare workers on a hospital ward in late 2020. We found working with isolated COVID-19 patients did not increase the risk of COVID-19 among workers, but working shifts with presymptomatic healthcare coworkers did.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; healthcare delivery; healthcare personnel; infectious disease transmission; patient-to-professional; risk factors; severe acute respiratory syndrome; severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemiology; severe acute respiratory syndrome transmission.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Health Personnel
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • SARS-CoV-2*