Sources of exposure identified through structured interviews of healthcare workers who test positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A prospective analysis at two teaching hospitals

Chanu Rhee; Meghan A. Baker; Robert Tucker; Diane Griesbach; Dinah McDonald; Sarah A. Williams; Karen Fiumara; Andrew Resnick; Michael Klompas; for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

doi:10.1017/ash.2021.243

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2021)

Sources of exposure identified through structured interviews of healthcare workers who test positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A prospective analysis at two teaching hospitals

Chanu Rhee,
Meghan A. Baker,
Robert Tucker,
Diane Griesbach,
Dinah McDonald,
Sarah A. Williams,
Karen Fiumara,
Andrew Resnick,
Michael Klompas,
for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

Affiliations

Chanu Rhee: ORCiD; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Meghan A. Baker: ORCiD; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Tucker: Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Diane Griesbach: Occupational Health Services, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Dinah McDonald: Occupational Health Services, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Sarah A. Williams: Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Karen Fiumara: Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew Resnick: Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Michael Klompas: Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.243
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1

Abstract

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We interviewed 1,208 healthcare workers with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests between October 2020 and June 2021 to determine likely exposure sources. Overall, 689 (57.0%) had community exposures (479 from household members), 76 (6.3%) had hospital exposures (64 from other employees including 49 despite masking), 11 (0.9%) had community and hospital exposures, and 432 (35.8%) had no identifiable source of exposure.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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