Author: Basso, Trude; Nordbø, Svein Arne; Sundqvist, Erik; Martinsen, Tom Christian; Witsø, Eivind; Wik, Tina S.
Title: Transmission of infection from non-isolated patients with COVID-19 to health care workers Cord-id: woyycghi Document date: 2020_8_20
ID: woyycghi
Snippet: Insufficiently protected health care workers (HCWs) defined as high-risk contacts of patients with COVID-19 are routinely quarantined. This study evaluated transmission of infection from a symptomatic patient with COVID-19 to 60 HCWs exposed ≤2 m for ≥15 minutes, or during aerosol generating procedures. Following ≥106 unique high-risk contacts, none of the HCWs tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA or had developed antibodies. The HCWs reported adherence to basic infection control procedures.
Document: Insufficiently protected health care workers (HCWs) defined as high-risk contacts of patients with COVID-19 are routinely quarantined. This study evaluated transmission of infection from a symptomatic patient with COVID-19 to 60 HCWs exposed ≤2 m for ≥15 minutes, or during aerosol generating procedures. Following ≥106 unique high-risk contacts, none of the HCWs tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA or had developed antibodies. The HCWs reported adherence to basic infection control procedures. These results were in accordance with other reports and should reassure HCWs and further stimulate a broader evaluation of the foundation for the current practice of home-quarantine of non-symptomatic HCWs.
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