Probable Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus transmission occurred after aerosol-generating medical procedures in Russia: nosocomial cluster | Zendy

Natalia Yurievna Pshenichnaya | Zendy; S. A. Nenadskaya | Zendy

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Probable Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus transmission occurred after aerosol-generating medical procedures in Russia: nosocomial cluster

Author(s) -

Natalia Yurievna Pshenichnaya,

S. A. Nenadskaya

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.047

Subject(s) - crimean–congo hemorrhagic fever , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , standard precautions , airborne transmission , infection control , covid-19 , cluster (spacecraft) , medical emergency , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , computer science , tick , programming language , electrical engineering , engineering

We report here a fatal case of laboratory confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which caused nosocomial infection in eight health care workers (HCWs), who had provided medical care for the patient. All the HCWs survived. The report demonstrates that airborne transmission of CCHF is a real risk, at least when the CCHF patient is in a ventilator. During performance of any aerosol-generating medical procedures for any CCHF patient airborne precautions should always be added to standard precautions, in particular, airway protective N95 mask or equivalent standard, eye protection, single airborne precaution room, or a well-ventilated setting.

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