Prevention and protection measures of healthcare workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in a university hospital in Bari, Apulia, Southern Italy
Prevention and protection measures of healthcare workers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in a university hospital in Bari, Apulia, Southern Italy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.024
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Tafuri, S.
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作者：
Vimercati, L.;Dell'Erba, A.;Tafuri, S.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒-2 (SARS-CoV-2) 相关感染对公共卫生产生重大影响，医护人员 (HCW) 面临高生物风险。本文介绍了意大利巴里大学医院为降低医护人员的风险而引入的预防程序，包括加强预防措施和启动收集医护人员接触者的报告系统。在方案实施后的 30 天观察期内，报告了 23 例确诊感染病例（占所有医护人员的 0.4%）。这表明正确管理医护人员的接触者对于避免院内聚集性事件至关重要。 (C) 2020 作者。由爱思唯尔有限公司代表医疗保健感染协会出版。这是一篇遵循 CC BY-NC-ND 许可证 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) 的开放获取文章。
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related infection has a major impact on public health, and healthcare workers (HCWs) are exposed to high biological risk. This paper describes the prevention procedures introduced at the University Hospital of Bari, Italy to reduce the risk to HCWs, consisting of enhanced preventive measures and activation of a report system to collect HCWs' contacts. Twenty-three confirmed cases of infection (0.4% of all HCWs) were reported in the 30-day observation period following implementation of the protocol. This shows that correct management of HCWs' contacts is essential to avoid nosocomial clusters. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).