Protection strategy against outbreak of COVID-19 at a tertiary hematology-oncology: strengths and pitfalls.
Infect Agent Cancer
; 16(1): 17, 2021 Feb 24.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1102344
ABSTRACT
Due to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak it is mandatory for health care workers to develop containment strategies. Recently published data showed, that cancer patients might have a higher risk for severe course of the disease. We therefore developed a strategy of screening and containment for SARS-CoV-2 for hospitalized cancer patients. Our approach includes a temporary isolation in a so-called floating zone and testing strategy for screening of asymptomatic individuals by pooling of samples before RT-PCR amplification. Patients as far as health care professionals got tested twice a week. Nurses and physicians entered the floating zone with full body protection. Within 8 weeks we tested 418 individuals (professionals and patients) in total. Only 2 patients had COVID-19 without documented further transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We therefore think that our strategy might be a useful approach to protect inpatients with cancer at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection during this ongoing pandemic.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Agent Cancer
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13027-021-00356-5
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