Mpox exposure and transmission in healthcare settings during the 2022 global outbreak

Author:

Zachary Kimon C1234,Philpotts Lisa L5,Shenoy Erica S1234

Affiliation:

1. Regional Emerging Special Pathogens Treatment Center

2. Infection Control Unit

3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

4. Harvard Medical School

5. Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

Purpose of review The risk of nosocomial transmission of mpox during the 2022 global outbreak is not well described. We evaluated reports of exposures to healthcare personnel (HCP) and patients in healthcare settings and risk of transmission. Recent findings Reported nosocomial transmission of mpox has been rare and associated primarily with sharps injuries and breaches in transmission-based precautions. Summary Currently recommended infection control practices, including the use of standard and transmission-based precautions in the care of patients with known or suspected mpox are highly effective. Diagnostic sampling should not involve the use of needles or other sharp instruments.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

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