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Elife
. 2020 Jun 19;9:e59391.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.59391. Online ahead of print.
Effective Control of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Between Healthcare Workers During a Period of Diminished Community Prevalence of COVID-19
Nick K Jones[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lucy Rivett[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dominic Sparkes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sally Forrest[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sushmita Sridhar[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jamie Young[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joana Pereira-Dias[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Claire Cormie[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Harmeet Gill[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nicola Reynolds[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Michelle Wantoch[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Matthew Routledge[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ben Warne[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Jack Levy[SUP] 6 [/SUP], WIlliam David C?rdova Jim?nez[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Fathima Nisha Begum Samad[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Chris McNicholas[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Mark Ferris[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Jane Gray[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Michael Gill[SUP] 9 [/SUP], CITIID-NIHR COVID-19 BioResource Collaboration; Martin D Curran[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Stewart Fuller[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Afzal Chaudhry[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Ashley Shaw[SUP] 13 [/SUP], John R Bradley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Gregory J Hannon[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Ian G Goodfellow[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Gordon Dougan[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Kenneth G C Smith[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Paul J Lehner[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Giles Wright[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Nicholas J Matheson[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Stephen Baker[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Michael P Weekes[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Previously we showed that 31/1,032 (3%) asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCW) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge UK tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020. 26/169 (15%) HCWs with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also tested positive (Rivett et al., 2020). Here we show that the proportion of both asymptomatic and symptomatic HCWs testing positive rapidly declined to near-zero between 25[SUP]th[/SUP] April and 24[SUP]th[/SUP] May 2020, corresponding with a decline in patient admissions with COVID-19 during the ongoing UK 'lockdown'. These data demonstrate how infection prevention and control measures including staff testing may help prevent hospitals from becoming independent 'hubs' of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and illustrate how, with appropriate precautions, organisations in other sectors may be able to resume on-site work safely.
Keywords: epidemiology; global health; human; human biology; medicine.
. 2020 Jun 19;9:e59391.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.59391. Online ahead of print.
Effective Control of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Between Healthcare Workers During a Period of Diminished Community Prevalence of COVID-19
Nick K Jones[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lucy Rivett[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dominic Sparkes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sally Forrest[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sushmita Sridhar[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jamie Young[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joana Pereira-Dias[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Claire Cormie[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Harmeet Gill[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nicola Reynolds[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Michelle Wantoch[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Matthew Routledge[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ben Warne[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Jack Levy[SUP] 6 [/SUP], WIlliam David C?rdova Jim?nez[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Fathima Nisha Begum Samad[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Chris McNicholas[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Mark Ferris[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Jane Gray[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Michael Gill[SUP] 9 [/SUP], CITIID-NIHR COVID-19 BioResource Collaboration; Martin D Curran[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Stewart Fuller[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Afzal Chaudhry[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Ashley Shaw[SUP] 13 [/SUP], John R Bradley[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Gregory J Hannon[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Ian G Goodfellow[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Gordon Dougan[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Kenneth G C Smith[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Paul J Lehner[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Giles Wright[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Nicholas J Matheson[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Stephen Baker[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Michael P Weekes[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 32558644
- DOI: 10.7554/eLife.59391
Abstract
Previously we showed that 31/1,032 (3%) asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCW) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge UK tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020. 26/169 (15%) HCWs with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also tested positive (Rivett et al., 2020). Here we show that the proportion of both asymptomatic and symptomatic HCWs testing positive rapidly declined to near-zero between 25[SUP]th[/SUP] April and 24[SUP]th[/SUP] May 2020, corresponding with a decline in patient admissions with COVID-19 during the ongoing UK 'lockdown'. These data demonstrate how infection prevention and control measures including staff testing may help prevent hospitals from becoming independent 'hubs' of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and illustrate how, with appropriate precautions, organisations in other sectors may be able to resume on-site work safely.
Keywords: epidemiology; global health; human; human biology; medicine.