Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment

Following exposure to a healthcare worker with an influenza-like illness, 2 preterm neonates and 6 staff members developed symptoms and tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This neonatal unit coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak occurred prior to the impleme...

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Autores principales: Holgate, Sandi L, Dramowski, Angela, van Niekerk, Magriet, Hassan, Haseena, Prinsloo, Yolande, Bekker, Adrie
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7799024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa160
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author Holgate, Sandi L
Dramowski, Angela
van Niekerk, Magriet
Hassan, Haseena
Prinsloo, Yolande
Bekker, Adrie
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description Following exposure to a healthcare worker with an influenza-like illness, 2 preterm neonates and 6 staff members developed symptoms and tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This neonatal unit coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak occurred prior to the implementation of universal masking and symptom screening policies. Both neonates and all staff recovered, with no further healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 transmission following the implementation of effective outbreak containment measures.
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spelling pubmed-77990242021-01-25 Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment Holgate, Sandi L Dramowski, Angela van Niekerk, Magriet Hassan, Haseena Prinsloo, Yolande Bekker, Adrie J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc Brief Reports Following exposure to a healthcare worker with an influenza-like illness, 2 preterm neonates and 6 staff members developed symptoms and tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This neonatal unit coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak occurred prior to the implementation of universal masking and symptom screening policies. Both neonates and all staff recovered, with no further healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 transmission following the implementation of effective outbreak containment measures. Oxford University Press 2020-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7799024/ /pubmed/33263747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa160 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_modelThis article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
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Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment
title Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment
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title_fullStr Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment
title_short Healthcare-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Neonatal Unit: The Importance of Universal Masking, Hand Hygiene, and Symptom Screening in Containment
title_sort healthcare-associated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission in a neonatal unit: the importance of universal masking, hand hygiene, and symptom screening in containment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7799024/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa160
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