Low Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Among Patients Exposed to Infected Healthcare Workers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Low Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Among Patients Exposed to Infected Healthcare Workers

Published:2020-08-28 Issue:7 Volume:73 Page:e1878-e1880
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Baker Meghan A¹²³,Fiumara Karen³,Rhee Chanu¹²³,Williams Sarah A³,Tucker Robert³,Wickner Paige³⁴,Resnick Andrew³,Klompas Michael¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

2. Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

3. Department of Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

4. Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract

Abstract Many patients are fearful of acquiring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitals and clinics. We characterized the risk of COVID-19 among 226 patients exposed to healthcare workers with confirmed COVID-19. One patient may have been infected, suggesting that the risk of COVID-19 transmission from healthcare workers to patients is generally low.

Funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1269/33880875/ciaa1269.pdf

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