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Identifying Contact Risks for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Healthcare Workers during Outbreak on COVID-19 Ward

Marius Zeeb, Dana Weissberg, Silvana K Rampini

    Emerging Infectious Diseases
    |August 24, 2022
    PubMed
    Summary

    Working with isolated COVID-19 patients did not increase SARS-CoV-2 risk for healthcare workers. However, shifts with presymptomatic coworkers significantly elevated COVID-19 infection risk among hospital staff.

    Keywords:
    COVID-19SARS-CoV-2contact tracingcoronavirus diseasedisease outbreakshealthcare deliveryhealthcare personnelinfectious disease transmissionpatient-to-professionalrisk factorssevere acute respiratory syndromesevere acute respiratory syndrome epidemiologysevere acute respiratory syndrome transmission

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