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Identifying Contact Risks for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Healthcare Workers during Outbreak on COVID-19 Ward |
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| Authors: | Marius Zeeb Dana Weissberg Silvana K Rampini Rouven Müller Thomas Scheier Walter Zingg Roger D Kouyos Aline Wolfensberger |
| Affiliation: | University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (M. Zeeb, D. Weissberg, S.K. Rampini, R. Müller, T. Scheier, W. Zingg, R.D. Kouyos, A. Wolfensberger);Institute of Medical Virology, Zurich, Switzerland (M. Zeeb, R.D. Kouyos) |
| Abstract: | We assessed the risk for different exposures to SARS-CoV-2 during a COVID-19 outbreak among healthcare workers on a hospital ward in late 2020. We found working with isolated COVID-19 patients did not increase the risk of COVID-19 among workers, but working shifts with presymptomatic healthcare coworkers did. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease contact tracing disease outbreaks healthcare personnel infectious disease transmission patient-to-professional risk factors severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemiology severe acute respiratory syndrome transmission healthcare delivery |