Health care personnel exposure to a patient with asymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infection during a prolonged surgical intervention

There is ongoing debate regarding the role of aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV2 in the health care environment. Here, we report a case in which multiple operating room health care providers were exposed to a patient with asymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infection during a prolonged orthopedic surgical...

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Autores principales: Lucar, Jose, Navalkele, Bhagyashri, Becker, Blake P., Reed, Chris D., Parham, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7273138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32505792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.05.036
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Sumario:There is ongoing debate regarding the role of aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV2 in the health care environment. Here, we report a case in which multiple operating room health care providers were exposed to a patient with asymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infection during a prolonged orthopedic surgical intervention and had no evidence of COVID-19 during the 14-day post-exposure period.

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