Publications by authors named "Amy State"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers analyzed hospital COVID-19 transmission using viral genomic and epidemiological data from 2181 patients and staff at a UK NHS Trust during two pandemic waves.
- Findings indicated a drop in staff-to-staff transmission from 31.6% to 12.9%, while patient-to-patient transmission surged from 27.1% to 52.1%.
- Control measures effectively curbed staff infections but failed to stop rising patient transmissions; thus, better detection of hospital-acquired cases is crucial to disrupt these transmission chains.
Healthcare workers (HCW) are potentially at increased risk of infection with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and may transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to vulnerable patients. We present results from staff testing at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Between 16 and 29 March 2020, 1,533 symptomatic HCW were tested, of whom 282 (18%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
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