Open AccessTransmission risk of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to healthcare personnel following unanticipated exposure to aerosol-generating procedures: Experience from epidemiologic investigations at an academic medical center
Author(s) -
Sharon Fawcett,
Meghan Madhusudhan,
Emily Gaddam,
Matthew Almario,
Shawna Masih,
Dee Dee Klute-Evans,
Julie C Johnson,
Clarise D Stroud,
Judy A Dolan-Caren,
Michael Ben-Aderet,
Jeffery Luria,
Margie Morgan,
Eric Vail,
Jonathan Grein
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2021.472
Subject(s) - medicine , coronavirus , covid-19 , respirator , severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus , personal protective equipment , transmission (telecommunications) , airborne transmission , pandemic , health care , virus , virology , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , materials science , economic growth , electrical engineering , economics , composite material , engineering
Healthcare personnel (HCP) with unprotected exposures to aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) on patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at risk of infection with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A retrospective review at an academic medical center demonstrated an infection rate of <1% among HCP involved in AGPs without a respirator and/or eye protection.