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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

Overview
Journal Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2022 Sep 28
PMID 36168475
Authors
Chanu Rhee
Meghan A Baker
Robert Tucker
Diane Griesbach
Dinah McDonald
Sarah A Williams
Karen Fiumara
Andrew Resnick
Michael Klompas
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Abstract

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.

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