Occupational COVID-19 exposures and secondary cases among healthcare personnel

Jessica Ibiebele; Christina Silkaitis; Gina Dolgin; Maureen Bolon; JaneCullen; Teresa Zembower

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2021.07.021

Occupational COVID-19 exposures and secondary cases among healthcare personnel

Jessica Ibiebele^*, Christina Silkaitis, Gina Dolgin, Maureen Bolon, JaneCullen, Teresa Zembower

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Abstract

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare personnel (HCP) have been at high risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, both from patients and co-workers. This paper summarizes occupational exposures to SARS-CoV-2 and secondary cases among HCP at a large health system. Key findings indicate that transmission of COVID-19 to HCP is low, especially with close adherence to PPE guidelines, but lapses in infection prevention practices, including dining together and omitting eye protection during patient care, especially at times when COVID-19 is circulating widely in the community increase the risk of exposure and subsequent transmission to HCP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1334-1336
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	49
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.07.021
State	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Exposure
Healthcare epidemiology
Infection control
Occupational health
Pandemic

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases
Health Policy
Epidemiology

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