| Title: |
Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between healthcare workers during a period of diminished community prevalence of COVID-19 |
| Authors: |
Jones, NK; Rivett, L; Sparkes, D; Forrest, S; Sridhar, S; Young, J; Pereira-Dias, J; Cormie, C; Gill, H; Reynolds, N; Wantoch, M; Routledge, M; Warne, B; Levy, J; Córdova Jiménez, WD; Samad, FNB; McNicholas, C; Ferris, M; Gray, J; Gill, M; Collaboration, CITIID-NIHR COVID-19 BioResource; Curran, MD; Fuller, S; Chaudhry, A; Shaw, A; Bradley, JR; Hannon, GJ; Goodfellow, IG; Dougan, G; Smith, KG; Lehner, PJ; Wright, G; Matheson, NJ; Baker, S; Weekes, MP |
| Publisher Information: |
eLife Sciences Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) |
| Description: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.59391 |
| DOI: |
10.7554/elife.59391 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.59391; https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:84d507a2-711b-41a5-bdfd-f00c5231bcde |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; CC Attribution (CC BY) |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.F54259A6 |
| Database: |
BASE |