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MMW Fortschr Med. 2020 May;162(9):64-67. doi: 10.1007/s15006-020-0482-z.
[COVID-19 cluster study at a teaching hospital].
[Article in German]
von Freyburg A[SUP]1[/SUP], Hagedorn H[SUP]1[/SUP], Br?cher B[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Schmidt A[SUP]5[/SUP], Scherer MA[SUP]6,[/SUP][SUP]7[/SUP].
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On Mar 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated in its Situation Report - 51 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic. In early April 2020, a teaching hospital underwent shutdown and quarantine due to an outbreak of infection in accordance with Section 6 of the Infection Protection Act (index patient and 5 infected nursing staff). The complete staff (physicians, nurses and nonmedical personnel [NMP]) underwent COVID-19 testing within two phases: (1) between Apr 3rd and 5th, 2020 [n=1170], followed by (2) between Apr 8th and 9th, 2020 [n=953] with COVID-19 silent carrier positivity rates in accordance to testing phases of (1) n=19 (1.6%) and (2) n=25 (2.6%). The cumulative infection rate for NMP (1.6%), doctors (3.8%) and nurses (9.7%) was connected to type and extent of COVID-19 patient contact. Despite COVID-19 positivity of 34.8% (46 of 132 beds), a risk-free management of hospital operation is possible to a certain extent if hygiene regulations and strict patient selection are followed. However, a COVID-19-free clinic cannot be expected due to silent carriers.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Hospital; healthcare workers; infection rate; silent carrier
PMID:32405834DOI:10.1007/s15006-020-0482-z
[COVID-19 cluster study at a teaching hospital].
[Article in German]
von Freyburg A[SUP]1[/SUP], Hagedorn H[SUP]1[/SUP], Br?cher B[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Schmidt A[SUP]5[/SUP], Scherer MA[SUP]6,[/SUP][SUP]7[/SUP].
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Abstract
On Mar 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated in its Situation Report - 51 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic. In early April 2020, a teaching hospital underwent shutdown and quarantine due to an outbreak of infection in accordance with Section 6 of the Infection Protection Act (index patient and 5 infected nursing staff). The complete staff (physicians, nurses and nonmedical personnel [NMP]) underwent COVID-19 testing within two phases: (1) between Apr 3rd and 5th, 2020 [n=1170], followed by (2) between Apr 8th and 9th, 2020 [n=953] with COVID-19 silent carrier positivity rates in accordance to testing phases of (1) n=19 (1.6%) and (2) n=25 (2.6%). The cumulative infection rate for NMP (1.6%), doctors (3.8%) and nurses (9.7%) was connected to type and extent of COVID-19 patient contact. Despite COVID-19 positivity of 34.8% (46 of 132 beds), a risk-free management of hospital operation is possible to a certain extent if hygiene regulations and strict patient selection are followed. However, a COVID-19-free clinic cannot be expected due to silent carriers.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Hospital; healthcare workers; infection rate; silent carrier
PMID:32405834DOI:10.1007/s15006-020-0482-z