Open AccessHemodialysis with Cohort Isolation to Prevent Secondary Transmission during a COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea
Author(s) -
Jang Hee Cho,
Seok Hui Kang,
Hayne Cho Park,
Yon Su Kim,
Sang Ho Lee,
Jun Young,
Jong Won Park,
Seong Nam Kim,
Myeong Seong Kim,
Kyubok Jin,
Gun Woo Kang,
Sun Hee Park,
Yong Lim Kim,
Young Ki Lee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2020040461
Subject(s) - cohort , medicine , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , isolation (microbiology) , hemodialysis , cohort study , coronavirus , dialysis , middle east respiratory syndrome , pediatrics , disease , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , electrical engineering , engineering , microbiology and biotechnology
Health care-associated infections during previous coronavirus epidemics involving severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome resulted from human-to-human transmission in hemodialysis (HD) facilities. The effect of a strategy of HD with cohort isolation-separate dialysis sessions for close contacts of patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-on the prevention of secondary transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in HD units is unknown.