Healthcare personnel with laboratory-confirmed mpox in California during the 2022 outbreak

Healthcare personnel with laboratory-confirmed mpox in California during the 2022 outbreak

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reviewed 109 cases of healthcare personnel (HCP) with laboratory-confirmed mpox to understand transmission risk in healthcare settings. Overall, 90% of HCP with mpox had nonoccupational exposure risk factors. One occupationally acquired case was asso...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2024-08, Vol.45 (8), p.1003-1005
Hauptverfasser: Bailey, Allison E., Chai, Shua J., Snyder, Robert E., Bui, David P., Lewis, Linda S., Saadeh, Kayla, Bertumen, J. Bradford, Epson, Erin, Siegel, Jane D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body fluids
Concise Communication
Demographics
Diagnostic tests
Disease control
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Drug stores
Epidemics
Gender identity
Health care
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Hispanic Americans
Lymphatic system
Medical laboratories
Mpox
Non-binary gender
Patients
Population
Public health
Risk factors
Sexual behavior
Skin
Surveillance
Transgender persons
Vaccines
Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reviewed 109 cases of healthcare personnel (HCP) with laboratory-confirmed mpox to understand transmission risk in healthcare settings. Overall, 90% of HCP with mpox had nonoccupational exposure risk factors. One occupationally acquired case was associated with sharps injury while unroofing a patient’s lesion for diagnostic testing.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2024.12