COVID-19 infections among HCWs exposed to a patient with a delayed diagnosis of COVID-19

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Sep;41(9):1075-1076. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.256. Epub 2020 May 27.

Abstract

We report on COVID-19 risk among HCWs exposed to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 on day 13 of hospitalization. There were 44 HCWs exposed to the patient before contact and droplet precautions were implemented: of these, 2 of 44 (5%) developed COVID-19 potentially attributable to the exposure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Betacoronavirus* / isolation & purification
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Delayed Diagnosis*
  • Health Personnel*
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / instrumentation
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Massachusetts
  • Occupational Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Occupational Diseases* / prevention & control
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • SARS-CoV-2