What is Close contact

[Sally Furniss]

Person to person spread of coronaviruses generally occurs between people who are close contacts with one another. A close contact is someone who has been face to face for at least 15 minutes, or been in the same closed space for at least 2 hours, with a person that was infectious. Close contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus will be closely monitored by public health units for the development of any symptoms, and should call their public health unit to report any symptoms.

If your contact with the person was less than this, there is a much smaller risk of you being infected.However, as a precaution you must still isolate yourself at home and monitor your health until 14 days after you were last exposed to the possibly infectious person.

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/alerts/Pages/coronavirus-faqs.aspx

 

[Sally Furniss]

Close contact’ is defined as:

- Health care associated exposure, including providing direct care for nCoV patients, working with health care workers infected with novel coronavirus, visiting patients or staying in the same close environment as a nCoV patient.

- Working together in close proximity or sharing the same classroom environment with a nCoV patient

- Traveling together with a nCoV patient in any kind of conveyance

- Living in the same household as a nCoV patient

WHO Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected

 

[Sally Furniss]

Close contact is defined as:

a) being within approximately 6 feet (2 meters), or within the room or care area, of a 2019-nCoV case for a prolonged period of time while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment or PPE (e.g., gowns, gloves, NIOSH-certified disposable N95 respirator, eye protection); close contact can include caring for, living with, visiting, or sharing a health care waiting area or room with a 2019-nCoV case

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b) having direct contact with infectious secretions of a 2019-nCoV case (e.g., being coughed on) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment.

[SUP]2[/SUP]Fever may be subjective or confirmed

See CDC’s updated Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Known or Patients Under Investigation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a Healthcare Setting (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...n-control.html).

Data to inform the definition of close contact are limited. Considerations when assessing close contact include the duration of exposure (e.g., longer exposure time likely increases exposure risk) and the clinical symptoms of the person with 2019-nCoV (e.g., coughing likely increases exposure risk as does exposure to a severely ill patient). Special consideration should be given to those exposed in health care settings.

[SUP]3[/SUP] Documentation of laboratory-confirmation of 2019-nCoV may not be possible for travelers or persons caring for patients in other countries.

[SUP]4[/SUP] Category also includes any member of a cluster of patients with severe acute lower respiratory illness (e.g., pneumonia, ARDS) of unknown etiology in which 2019-nCoV is being considered that requires hospitalization. Such persons should be evaluated in consultation with state and local health departments regardless of travel history.

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