Prevention and protection measures of healthcare workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in a university hospital in Bari, Apulia, Southern Italy

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related infection has a major impact on public health, and healthcare workers (HCWs) are exposed to high biological risk. This paper describes the prevention procedures introduced at the University Hospital of Bari, Italy to reduce the ris...

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Autores principales: Vimercati, L., Dell’Erba, A., Migliore, G., De Maria, L., Caputi, A., Quarato, M., Stefanizzi, P., Cavone, D., Ferorelli, D., Sponselli, S., Mansi, F., Tafuri, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. 2020
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32445776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.024
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Sumario:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related infection has a major impact on public health, and healthcare workers (HCWs) are exposed to high biological risk. This paper describes the prevention procedures introduced at the University Hospital of Bari, Italy to reduce the risk to HCWs, consisting of enhanced preventive measures and activation of a report system to collect HCWs' contacts. Twenty-three confirmed cases of infection (0.4% of all HCWs) were reported in the 30-day observation period following implementation of the protocol. This shows that correct management of HCWs' contacts is essential to avoid nosocomial clusters.

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