Risk of COVID-19 Transmission from Infected Outpatients to Healthcare Workers in an Outpatient Clinic
Journal of Korean Medical Science
;
: e431-2020.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-892033
ABSTRACT
From January to September 2020, we conducted contact-tracing for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who visited our outpatient clinic to evaluate the risk of COVID-19 transmission from infected patients to healthcare workers (HCWs). COVID-19 was diagnosed in 8 outpatients. Per the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARSCoV-2) polymerase chain reaction test results, none of the 317 HCWs who came in contact had a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis (0.00%; 95% confidence interval, 0.00%–0.01%).This low rate of transmission from infected outpatients to HCWs suggests that standard precaution such as using surgical mask and hand hygiene protects HCWs from SARS-CoV-2 in a low-risk, outpatient clinic setting.
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Type of study:
Etiology study
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English
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
Year:
2020
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