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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug 28;ciaa1269.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1269. Online ahead of print.
Low risk of COVID-19 among patients exposed to infected healthcare workers
Meghan A Baker[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Karen Fiumara[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chanu Rhee[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Sarah A Williams[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Robert Tucker[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Paige Wickner[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Andrew Resnick[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael Klompas[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
Affiliations
Abstract
Many patients are fearful of acquiring COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics. We characterized the risk of COVID-19 amongst 226 patients exposed to healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19; one patient may have been infected, suggesting that the risk of COVID-19 transmission from healthcare workers to patients is generally low.
Keywords: COVID; coronavirus; exposure; healthcare worker; transmission.
. 2020 Aug 28;ciaa1269.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1269. Online ahead of print.
Low risk of COVID-19 among patients exposed to infected healthcare workers
Meghan A Baker[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Karen Fiumara[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Chanu Rhee[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], Sarah A Williams[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Robert Tucker[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Paige Wickner[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Andrew Resnick[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michael Klompas[SUP] 1 2 3 [/SUP], CDC Prevention Epicenters Program
Affiliations
- PMID: 32856692
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1269
Abstract
Many patients are fearful of acquiring COVID-19 in hospitals and clinics. We characterized the risk of COVID-19 amongst 226 patients exposed to healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19; one patient may have been infected, suggesting that the risk of COVID-19 transmission from healthcare workers to patients is generally low.
Keywords: COVID; coronavirus; exposure; healthcare worker; transmission.