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Jones, Nick K;
Rivett, Lucy;
Sparkes, Dominic;
Forrest, Sally;
Sridhar, Sushmita;
Young, Jamie;
Pereira-Dias, Joana;
Cormie, Claire;
Gill, Harmeet;
Reynolds, Nicola;
Wantoch, Michelle;
Routledge, Matthew;
Warne, Ben;
Levy, Jack;
Córdova Jiménez, William David;
Samad, Fathima Nisha Begum;
McNicholas, Chris;
Ferris, Mark;
Gray, Jane;
Gill, Michael;
Baker, Stephen;
Bradley, John;
Dougan, Gordon;
Goodfellow, Ian;
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Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between healthcare workers during a period of diminished community prevalence of COVID-19
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- Media type: E-Article
- Title: Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between healthcare workers during a period of diminished community prevalence of COVID-19
- Contributor: Jones, Nick K; Rivett, Lucy; Sparkes, Dominic; Forrest, Sally; Sridhar, Sushmita; Young, Jamie; Pereira-Dias, Joana; Cormie, Claire; Gill, Harmeet; Reynolds, Nicola; Wantoch, Michelle; Routledge, Matthew; Warne, Ben; Levy, Jack; Córdova Jiménez, William David; Samad, Fathima Nisha Begum; McNicholas, Chris; Ferris, Mark; Gray, Jane; Gill, Michael; Baker, Stephen; Bradley, John; Dougan, Gordon; Goodfellow, Ian; [...]
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Published:
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd, 2020
- Published in: eLife, 9 (2020)
- Language: English
- DOI: 10.7554/elife.59391
- ISSN: 2050-084X
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- Description: <jats:p>Previously, we showed that 3% (31/1032)of asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge, UK, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020. About 15% (26/169) HCWs with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (Rivett et al., 2020). Here, we show that the proportion of both asymptomatic and symptomatic HCWs testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 rapidly declined to near-zero between 25th April and 24th May 2020, corresponding to a decline in patient admissions with COVID-19 during the ongoing UK ‘lockdown’. These data demonstrate how infection prevention and control measures including staff testing may help prevent hospitals from becoming independent ‘hubs’ of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and illustrate how, with appropriate precautions, organizations in other sectors may be able to resume on-site work safely.</jats:p>
- Access State: Open Access