Case-control study evaluating risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 outbreak amongst healthcare personnel at a tertiary care center.

Autor: Rosser JI; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: jrosser@stanford.edu., Tayyar R; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Giardina R; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Kolonoski P; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Kenski D; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Shen P; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Steinmetz LM; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Hung LY; Immune-Metabolism Computational Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA., Xiao W; Immune-Metabolism Computational Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA., Bains K; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Morrison T; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Madison A; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Chang SI; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Tompkins L; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA., Pinsky BA; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA., Holubar M; Division of Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2021 Dec; Vol. 49 (12), pp. 1457-1463. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.09.004
Abstrakt: Background: Despite several outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 amongst healthcare personnel (HCP) exposed to COVID-19 patients globally, risk factors for transmission remain poorly understood.
Methods: We conducted an outbreak investigation and case-control study to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk in an outbreak among HCP at an academic medical center in California that was confirmed by whole genome sequencing.
Results: A total of 7/9 cases and 93/182 controls completed a voluntary survey about risk factors. Compared to controls, cases reported significantly more patient contact time. Cases were also significantly more likely to have performed airway procedures on the index patient, particularly placing the patient on high flow nasal cannula, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), or bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) (OR = 11.6; 95% CI = 1.7 -132.1).
Discussion: This study highlights the risk of nosocomial infection of SARS-CoV-2 from patients who become infectious midway into their hospitalization. Our findings also reinforce the importance of patient contact time and aerosol-generating procedures as key risk factors for HCP infection with SARS-CoV-2.
Conclusions: Re-testing patients for SARS-CoV-2 after admission in suspicious cases and using N95 masks for all aerosol-generating procedures regardless of initial patient SARS-CoV-2 test results can help reduce the risk of SARS-COV-2 transmission to HCP.
(Copyright © 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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