Contact tracing, use of surgical masks, hand hygiene and social distancing represent a bundle of effective measures to control SARS-CoV-2 spreading among healthcare workers in a paediatric hospital.
J Prev Med Hyg
; 62(3): E592-E597, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1574106
ABSTRACT
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) Protection from virus exposure in children's hospital is a pivotal aspect of SARS-COV-2 pandemic control. Healthcare workers (HCW) could play an important role in viral infection in-hospital spread. Infection control measures were thus implemented to protect fragile patients and healthcare workers.We retrospectively described a HCW infectionscase-series due to SARS-CoV-2 from February 24th to July 31stat the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Seven separate cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were observed among healthcare workers, with a total of 395 contacts, and 23 (6%) secondary case. A program of contact tracing and quarantine of SARS-CoV-2 positive HCW, screening of asymptomatic HCW, use of surgical masks, hand hygiene, social distancing and use of PPE in COVID-19 cases assistance prevented the spread of the virus to patients and blocked the diffusion within the hospital.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hand Hygiene
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Prev Med Hyg
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2421-4248
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